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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Now drop him into the brave new world of AI, where thievery can be accomplished with an ease and at a magnitude heretofore unimagined.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
Lewis’ death from H1N1 swine flu, a heretofore extinct H1N1 influenza strain suddenly reentered the human population?
—Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024
Absent such a contract, their clubs had no right or power ... to reserve their services for their exclusive use for any period beyond the 'renewal year' in the contracts which these players had heretofore signed.
—CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
Season 2’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, 19 Sep. 2024
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
Lewis’ death from H1N1 swine flu, a heretofore extinct H1N1 influenza strain suddenly reentered the human population?
—Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024
Absent such a contract, their clubs had no right or power ... to reserve their services for their exclusive use for any period beyond the 'renewal year' in the contracts which these players had heretofore signed.
—CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
Season 2’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, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Heretofore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heretofore. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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