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thereafter

/ˌðɛɹˈæf.tɚ/ noun C2
  1. Synonym of hereafter (“future existence or state”). (countable, uncountable)
  2. Synonym of hereafter (“existence after death”). (countable, uncountable)

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Thereafter he walked very carefully, with his eyes on the road, and when he saw a tiny ant toiling by he would step over it, so as not to harm it.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 36 · B2
Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed, he schemed to convince all the other Foxes that being tailless was much more attractive, thus making up for his own deprivation.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 13 · B2
Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 142 · B2

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