as in earlier
so as to precede something in order of time
archaeological artifacts are all that we have of those ancient people who flourished anteriorly of the invention of writing
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Adverb
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That same year, Bass jumped in about eight months ahead.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026 -
And ultimately in February, this is a big month coming ahead for us here and that’s right in front of us.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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The other half of that spacewalk, Christina Koch, is among the four Artemis II astronauts waiting to fly around the moon as early as March.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Paul Modrowski was 18 years old when prosecutors charged him and a co-defendant with the murder of a friend, Dean Fawcett, whose headless body was discovered months earlier near railroad tracks in Barrington.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Anteriorly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anteriorly. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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