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
Many of those receiving care live in remote villages, heretofore without access to such diagnostics and treatment.
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Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Sai is either working on some strategic level heretofore unseen in this or any other international edition of Survivor ever produced, or just blew her opportunity to seize control of this tribe.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
There’s weed and benzos strewn on the coffee table, Ji-Na telling Fatima to run away fast, that she can’t be fixed, implying some kind of debilitating depression or mental illness Fatima’s Korean-French girlfriend was heretofore able to keep at bay.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
And yet the invitation to explore Surrealism without Breton has the potential to be more generative than curators have heretofore allowed (even without entering into fantasies that his adversaries beat him up and chased him out of town).
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Sai is either working on some strategic level heretofore unseen in this or any other international edition of Survivor ever produced, or just blew her opportunity to seize control of this tribe.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
There’s weed and benzos strewn on the coffee table, Ji-Na telling Fatima to run away fast, that she can’t be fixed, implying some kind of debilitating depression or mental illness Fatima’s Korean-French girlfriend was heretofore able to keep at bay.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
And yet the invitation to explore Surrealism without Breton has the potential to be more generative than curators have heretofore allowed (even without entering into fantasies that his adversaries beat him up and chased him out of town).
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heretofore
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On Tuesday, the chair of the Republican Party of Texas gave one of the clearest signs yet of his organization’s commitment to infusing Christian values in public life.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The groups asked a U.S. Appeals Court to reconsider the decision in early July, and a decision on the case is yet to come.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
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“Heretofore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heretofore. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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