Johnny-come-lately

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Recent Examples of Johnny-come-lately Here are impressions of the game from a Johnny-come-lately. Michel A. Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2026 Sure those who spent the most and who’ve stayed the longest ought to receive more compensation than the Johnny-come-lately’s to the smarthome party? Charles Radclyffe, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025 Johnny-come-lately botnet sets a new record At 30,000 devices, the Eleven11bot was already exceptionally large (although some botnets exceed well over 100,000 devices). Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025 The Hood proudly stands as an outlier, no Johnny-come-lately to contemporary Native art. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Johnny-come-lately
Noun
  • Baseball is a copycat league, and success breeds imitators.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In Karp’s telling, Basquiat is someone who Just Did Things, like today’s defense tech founders, who possess a similar kind of creative conviction, as opposed to the consumer tech imitators of yesteryear.
    Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Artists affiliated with the Wide Awakes have adopted the original group’s open-eye iconography to symbolize the new wave of followers’ social awakening.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Streamers may have a variety of sources of income, including sponsorship, donations from followers, affiliate links, selling merchandise, and tournament winnings.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Johnny-come-lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Johnny-come-lately. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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