as in yet
up to this or that time
having been heretofore unwilling to fly, he was forced to make an exception for his brother's out-of-state wedding
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Recent Examples of heretofore
For years, CPGs have been paying Amazon to feature ads on their products or to rank higher in searches, but that idea for new cars has heretofore never existed on Amazon’s website.
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Chris Walton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The season’s many additions include the actors playing Dream’s heretofore unseen siblings Delirium (who will be played by Hanna‘s Esme Creed-Miles), Destiny (Primary Colors‘ Adrian Lester) and The Prodigal (Revenge‘s Barry Sloane).
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
Fredric Jameson represents something like the lapping at the shoreline, which doesn’t go away and never ceases to turn up interesting things: shells, coins, and specimens of marine life heretofore unseen.
—Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024
Everything in his heretofore turbulent life has fallen into place.
—Lisa Henricksson, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
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Chris Walton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The season’s many additions include the actors playing Dream’s heretofore unseen siblings Delirium (who will be played by Hanna‘s Esme Creed-Miles), Destiny (Primary Colors‘ Adrian Lester) and The Prodigal (Revenge‘s Barry Sloane).
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
Fredric Jameson represents something like the lapping at the shoreline, which doesn’t go away and never ceases to turn up interesting things: shells, coins, and specimens of marine life heretofore unseen.
—Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024
Everything in his heretofore turbulent life has fallen into place.
—Lisa Henricksson, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heretofore
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“Heretofore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heretofore. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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