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
This is particularly newsworthy in part because Powell has been consistent heretofore in giving emphasis to the priority need to restrain inflation.
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Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
The ambitious and sprawling exhibition, in the works for years, uses medical objects, educational films, and contemporary art to consider how design has shaped reproduction—something that seems evident but has heretofore been rarely explored.
—Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
Service, heretofore professional, notches up a tick.
—Jason Gay, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
But heretofore, that called for a separate high-precision laser for each of some 100 wavelengths, each transmitting at about 100 gigabits per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 June 2017
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Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
The ambitious and sprawling exhibition, in the works for years, uses medical objects, educational films, and contemporary art to consider how design has shaped reproduction—something that seems evident but has heretofore been rarely explored.
—Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
Service, heretofore professional, notches up a tick.
—Jason Gay, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
But heretofore, that called for a separate high-precision laser for each of some 100 wavelengths, each transmitting at about 100 gigabits per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 June 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heretofore
yet
Adverb
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Exactly how quickly — and how messily — India’s clean energy revolution might play out isn’t yet clear.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Law enforcement has yet to confirm any activity in the Bitcoin account, and USA TODAY has reached out to the FBI for comment.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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