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Recent Examples of latter-day
The Harlem Renaissance inspired Jazz Age references, such as fka Twigs’s Wales Bonner dress, while the ’30s more broadly were an inspiration for Madonna who reprised her role as a latter-day Marlene Dietrich.
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Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Norton, May 13 Image What Will People Think? by Sara Hamdan
Like a latter-day Mrs. Maisel, the heroine of this debut novel tries to keep her stand-up comedy aspirations a secret from her tradition-minded family.
—John Cassidy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
This was amplified by the arriviste drive of Lebedev the younger, who set on London society like a latter-day Count of Monte Cristo.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Tell me another band ever in history that has made a latter-day album that good in their 80s, with that level of songwriting, that level of performance.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
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Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Norton, May 13 Image What Will People Think? by Sara Hamdan
Like a latter-day Mrs. Maisel, the heroine of this debut novel tries to keep her stand-up comedy aspirations a secret from her tradition-minded family.
—John Cassidy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
This was amplified by the arriviste drive of Lebedev the younger, who set on London society like a latter-day Count of Monte Cristo.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Tell me another band ever in history that has made a latter-day album that good in their 80s, with that level of songwriting, that level of performance.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
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Teams of a similar stature, such as Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford, have made significant progress, whereas West Ham look unrecognisable in comparison with their own recent highs.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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The authority has been imposing consistent double-digit rate increases on local water agencies in recent years primarily because of declining demand.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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The futuristic design features gleaming white concrete, glass and water in a complex of five buildings designed by famous Spanish architects Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela in 1998.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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La Jetée, named after Chris Marker’s eponymous 1962 futuristic short film, is also home to one of the biggest short film documentation centers and collections in the world, including the archives of the past editions of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
29 May 2025
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“Latter-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latter-day. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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