Comparative of late
The word "later" is correct and usable in written English. It can be used when talking about a future point in time, such as "I will call you later today," or to indicate a continuation at a later point in time, such as "We'll pick up the conversation later." Example sentence: I'll discuss the project details with you later.
Five minutes later, the phone rang again.
He died a few months later.
He later died in hospital.
All candidates will be notified as to the result of their application no later than 10 days post submission.
Later, on Tuesday night, he said it was "categorically false and defamatory".
The peer later denied that he had commercial interests in any domestic energy firms or in the big six energy companies.
The US state department later described a "specific and immediate threat".
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