Shortly and This day

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Shortly adverb - In a few words.

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This day and shortly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "This day" instead an adverb "Shortly".

Nearby Word: shorten

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Shortly and this day are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Shortly" instead an adverb phrase "This day".

In RWBY, Yang Xiao Long's mother abandoned the family shortly after she was born, and to this day makes it clear that she couldn't care less about her daughter's safety.

Source: Parental Abandonment / Web Animation
In the Netherlands, after a show of the famous comedian Youp van't Hek in which he had a short skit about Buckler beer (non-alcoholic) not being manly, sales dropped so bad that shortly after, up till this day, you cannot buy Buckler beer in Holland.

Source: The Red Stapler
Many PC units to this day have internal speakers which the BIOS uses to indicate the status of the hardware; they normally sound a single beep shortly after the initial power-on to indicate a lack of major problems.

Source: Beeping Computers

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