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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a late date" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a date that is later than expected or desired, often in contexts involving scheduling or deadlines.
Example: "We need to finalize the project by a late date to ensure we meet our client's expectations."
Alternatives: "a postponed date" or "a delayed date".
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Why now, at such a late date?
Play scripts came to be written in full only at a late date.
Cattle were out in the fields to a late date, which has been a great saving.
But why should reality become part of a Hockey speech at such a late date?
why have i persisted in the delusion that i could win her love (approval) till such a late date?
Why I had to wait until such a late date to find out this vital information is beyond me.
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The technique of rubbing began to be practiced in the West at a relatively late date.
"At a very late date, I wondered too if my body couldn't do it.
Granted, it is of a very late date -- first or to second century A.D. -- but it also occupies a totally different aesthetic universe from that of the gold-sheathed stags.
Monument 158 has a very late date, in AD 904, at the very end of the Classic Period.
I was 55, and I had just learned, at a very late date, how to deal on my own behalf". .
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