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- adjective
subsequent - adjective mathematics Relating to a
subsequence
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Examples
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This manner of their practical working was the first thing that made truths good in the eyes of primitive men; and buried among all the other good workings by which true beliefs are characterized, this kind of subsequential utility remains.
Meaning of Truth William James 1876
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What is VERY odd is the lengthy delay between the initial reports by USA TODAY and the subsequential denials by Bell South and Verizon.
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It may not be allowed to avoid subsequential use of one ticket by multiple people, or even simultaneous use by giving the ticket to
Think Progress » FISA Judges: Bush Spying Program Threatens Legitimate Anti-Terrorism Investigations 2005
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WHITFIELD: And why, Alina, is the family or even friends expressing why they wanted to have this memorial service now, two weeks after his capture and subsequential beheading, in Saudi Arabia his remains still have not been recovered?
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We can play the part of the adventurer without being involved in any blame; we can fall in love with the heroine without any subsequential entanglements; we can be a hero without suffering the penalties of heroism; we can travel into foreign lands without deserting our business or emptying our purses.
The Principles of Aesthetics Dewitt H. Parker
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It may be from habit, but to me the coming of day is less fresh and inspiriting in the latter; it has a duskier glory, and more nearly resembles sunset; it seems to fit some subsequential, evening epoch of the world, as though America were in fact, and not merely in fancy, farther from the orient of Aurora and the springs of day.
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Penn (p. 27 [p. 22 ed. 1684]), 'Justification doth not go before, but is subsequential to the mortification of lusts.'
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658
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If you want to save a few dollars, hanging clothes outdoors will save on the expense of running your clothes dryer and the subsequential taxing of your A / C in the warm weather.
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I have a large screen TV and I was fascinated by the action and supposed ineptitude of the character in charge of filming the party and subsequential action scenes.
FlickFilosopher.com 2009
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'practical' aspects of truth, (1) relevancy to situation, and (2) subsequential utility, is only filling the cup of concreteness to the brim for us.
Meaning of Truth William James 1876
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