How to Use as late as in a Sentence

as late as

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Definition of as late asnext
  • That means the start date ranges from as early as Nov. 17 to as late as Nov. 23.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2022
  • If the Fed does cut rates twice in 2024, the first one may not occur until as late as fall.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • For days, day and night, sometimes as late as 9:30 p.m., Gierisch wrote back to the angry emailers.
    — Will Carless, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Others start menopause as early as 35 or as late as 60.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 19 May 2024
  • The bill would let teens work as early as 5:30 a.m. and as late as midnight on days before school.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The 10-year-old employees, who were not paid, sometimes worked as late as 2 a.m.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • The black nymphs begin to appear as early as April and as late as July.
    — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
  • The Orioles’ run could extend as late as November, if the team makes it to the final game of the World Series.
    — Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
  • World Cup games have kicked off as late as 10 p.m. local time while others have been played in the heat of the desert afternoon.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2022
  • In the past, the academy started to plan for the Oscars as late as November.
    — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Some have moved from May to June, others as late as September.
    — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 3 May 2024
  • The earliest arrival time for storms in the central part of the state is noon with an exit as late as 6 a.m. Wednesday.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Many of us like to spend as much time in our pajamas as late as possible on the weekends, right?
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The switchover could come as early as Sunday, or as late as Monday or Tuesday.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The Catholic church had to step in, with local priests convincing their parishioners that potatoes were safe to eat as late as 1786.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Other graves and artifacts around her tomb date to as late as 200 years after her death.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • But a person may start to feel sick as early as a week after the bite and as late as a year after, the agency cautions.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 1 July 2023
  • Return to menu Adams Morgan is home to many slice shops, but none are open as late as Duccini’s.
    — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And in some particularly wet years, snow can fall as late as April.
    — Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Ice Wine: Grapes are frozen while still on the vine and are often picked as late as December or January.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Bickhardt had exchanged text messages with Stephen Smith as late as 3:37 a.m. – less than a half hour before his body was found.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Many school districts across the Midwest complete the school year as late as mid-June, making heat a problem in the final weeks of classes.
    — Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
  • But as late as 1914, the United States was lagging far behind the European crime fighters.
    — Steven Johnson, New York Times, 17 May 2024
  • Inspectors at one store found price tags that were two years old, and stores were still failing inspections as late as Jan. 26.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Some parents said they were frustrated to learn over the weekend and as late as Monday evening the details about which sites would be available.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Bears start leaving their hibernation dens as early as March and as late as June, Fitz said.
    — Andrea Salcedo, Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2023
  • Polls were due to close at 6 p.m., but are usually extended as late as midnight.
    — Fox News, 28 June 2024
  • All seemed to be in order as late as last Wednesday, when Chernoff called Vantage to talk over some minor details.
    — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The former caregiver claimed that Wilde had been talking to staff about her wedding to Sudeikis as late as October 2020.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Black flies are the main biting fly in the Upper Peninsula, although people tend to encounter them most near creeks and rivers where their larvae hatch from, appearing mostly in the spring through June but sometimes as late as fall.
    — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024

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