Examples of shortly after in a Sentence
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Plummer agreed to terms on a contract with the team shortly after the draft concluded.
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
Apple rejected the app update shortly after it was submitted.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 9 May 2024
Anderson put his name in the transfer portal shortly after the Broncos picked up a commitment from former San Jose State point guard Alvaro Cardenas last month.
—Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 9 May 2024
Though the staff at the Emirati hospital began to evacuate shortly after the news broke, Rochios, who is still there, says the hospital was already overwhelmed by the number of patients and lack of resources.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 9 May 2024
Harry was last in the U.K. in February to visit his father shortly after the king was diagnosed with cancer.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
Sunita Williams, left, and commander Butch Wilmore climbed out of the Starliner capsule shortly after launch was scrubbed and were driven back to crew quarters at the Kennedy Space Center to relax and await word on when they might be cleared to make another launch try.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 7 May 2024
When Congress authorized a new House office building in 1931, shortly after Longworth's death, it was named for him and remains so today.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
The spa closed in the fall of 2018, shortly after the identification of the first unusual infection.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
Apple rejected the app update shortly after it was submitted.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 9 May 2024
Anderson put his name in the transfer portal shortly after the Broncos picked up a commitment from former San Jose State point guard Alvaro Cardenas last month.
—Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 9 May 2024
Though the staff at the Emirati hospital began to evacuate shortly after the news broke, Rochios, who is still there, says the hospital was already overwhelmed by the number of patients and lack of resources.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 9 May 2024
Harry was last in the U.K. in February to visit his father shortly after the king was diagnosed with cancer.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
Sunita Williams, left, and commander Butch Wilmore climbed out of the Starliner capsule shortly after launch was scrubbed and were driven back to crew quarters at the Kennedy Space Center to relax and await word on when they might be cleared to make another launch try.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 7 May 2024
When Congress authorized a new House office building in 1931, shortly after Longworth's death, it was named for him and remains so today.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
The spa closed in the fall of 2018, shortly after the identification of the first unusual infection.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Shortly after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly%20after. Accessed 13 May. 2024.
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