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
Only, as fate would have it, Cattet and Forzani’s artistic ambitions have evolved in lockstep with wider industry trends — creating heretofore-unseen opportunities for outré auteurs.
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Ben Croll, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
If so, that might mean that planets which heretofore would never have been seen suitable for the evolution of complex life might become tenable for the evolution of intelligence.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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.
—Chris Walton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Driven by an unrelenting collapse in fertility, family structures and living arrangements heretofore imagined only in science fiction novels will become commonplace, unremarkable features of everyday life.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
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Ben Croll, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
If so, that might mean that planets which heretofore would never have been seen suitable for the evolution of complex life might become tenable for the evolution of intelligence.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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.
—Chris Walton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Driven by an unrelenting collapse in fertility, family structures and living arrangements heretofore imagined only in science fiction novels will become commonplace, unremarkable features of everyday life.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
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But this new caterpillar has perhaps the most gruesome method of fashioning a case yet discovered, a bizarre housekeeping regime not reported in any other insect.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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24 Apr. 2025
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“Heretofore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heretofore. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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