That latter fear crossed my mind more than once during the evening.
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In both of these latter cases, their eyes show more focus than fun, like tonight is a job.
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The former is controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the latter by the government of Israel.
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The former believed in the role of the state as a provider, while the latter favored an iron fist approach to governance.
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The trouble was, he alienated Pope Pius VI and Pius VII—the latter he actually arrested.
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The latter would sometimes exclaim, before the agents and the heirs were fairly out of hearing, "I can't understand the thing!"
Ursula|Honore de Balzac
Gehenna was created before Paradise; the former on the second day and the latter on the third.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala|Various
The latter are very much shocked at the want of propriety in the management of the English.
Pencillings by the Way|N. Parker Willis
The latter had been reading a new publication, which she laid down at the voice of the butler announcing a visitor.
Newton Forster|Captain Frederick Marryat
In the latter part of winter, my only cow sickened and died, a loss which we seriously felt.
Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow|Eliza R. Snow Smith
British Dictionary definitions for latter
latter
/ (ˈlætə) /
adjective(prenominal)
denoting the second or second mentioned of two: distinguished from former
(as noun; functioning as sing or plural)the latter is not important
near or nearer the endthe latter part of a film
more advanced in time or sequence; later
usage for latter
The latter should only be used to refer to the second of two items: many people choose to go by hovercraft rather than use the ferry, but I prefer the latter. The last of three or more items can be referred to as the last-named
“Former” vs. “Latter”: What’s The Difference?If you list two things in sequence, you're likely to use "former" and "latter" to refer to them. But what do they mean and how do you use them correctly?