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A brick or tile.

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Advanced 84% connected

of Advance

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Advanced 84% connected

of Advance

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Subsequent 84% connected

Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long sub…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Subsequent 84% connected

Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long sub…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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After 92% connected

Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Afterward 92% connected

At a later or succeeding time.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Afterwards 92% connected

Alt. of Afterward

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Late 92% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Posterior 92% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Subsequently 92% connected

At a later time; afterwards.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ulterior 92% connected

Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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