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In the four years previous to that Flamengo and Palmeiras dominated South American football winning two titles each.
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Nine years previous to that, his Ghanaian parents Maria and Felix travelled overland, across the Sahara desert to the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa, when Maria was pregnant with her first son Inaki (as the elder Williams sibling told The Athletic in an interview in 2022).
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
The other alleged incident happened previous to the plaintiff’s full-time employment with Ye’s operations, which started in 2021.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Chris Smither has been a longtime favorite of the EC-CHAP family, according to the organization’s assistant director, Ryan Elgin, who noted that efforts to schedule Smither began previous to the pandemic.
—Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2024
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Nine years previous to that, his Ghanaian parents Maria and Felix travelled overland, across the Sahara desert to the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa, when Maria was pregnant with her first son Inaki (as the elder Williams sibling told The Athletic in an interview in 2022).
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
The other alleged incident happened previous to the plaintiff’s full-time employment with Ye’s operations, which started in 2021.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Chris Smither has been a longtime favorite of the EC-CHAP family, according to the organization’s assistant director, Ryan Elgin, who noted that efforts to schedule Smither began previous to the pandemic.
—Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for previous to
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With Pochettino watching from the sidelines, the national team stumbled through its second lifeless loss in four days Sunday, falling to Canada 2-1 in the third place game of the CONCACAF Nations League before a tiny, mostly quiet crowd at SoFi Stadium.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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As was frequently done to non-whites before the civil rights laws of the 1960s.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Preposition
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Dansby Swanson, whom Hoyer signed to a seven-year, $177 million deal — one of the largest contracts in franchise history — prior to the 2023 season, has grown close to Hoyer in his two-plus years with the team.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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House Speaker Matthew Ritter, D-Hartford, said the Republican leadership had not spoken to him prior to Thursday about creating an inspector general’s office to investigate issues in state government.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2025
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Amazon’s spring sale has everything from hiking boots to walking sneakers, like these Ecco Track shoes that are perfect for exploring trails.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Apr. 2025
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Jetstar did not say exactly how many passengers and crew were on the plane traveling from Bali to Melbourne.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Previous to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/previous%20to. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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