latter-day
adjective
lat·ter-day
ˈla-tər-ˌdā 
1
: of present or recent times
latter-day prophets
2
: of a later or subsequent time
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Worst of all, like latter-day Cassandras, they were seen by the university, city officials, and law enforcement to constitute a threat, perhaps a violent threat, to civil order.
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Deborah Baker
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
With its wrap-around, colonnaded portico, surely this Gilded Age structure left its latter-day beholders awestruck at first sight.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025
Most latter-day Switch games suffered from frame rate dips here and there, as newer games outstripped the capabilities of a low-power tablet processor that had already been a couple of years old when the Switch launched in 2017.
—ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
In the end, Wainwright has created a latter-day bardo, the spiritual journey that follows death.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
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Deborah Baker
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
With its wrap-around, colonnaded portico, surely this Gilded Age structure left its latter-day beholders awestruck at first sight.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025
Most latter-day Switch games suffered from frame rate dips here and there, as newer games outstripped the capabilities of a low-power tablet processor that had already been a couple of years old when the Switch launched in 2017.
—ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
In the end, Wainwright has created a latter-day bardo, the spiritual journey that follows death.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
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“Latter-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latter-day. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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