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The six Bakersfield locations hosted their grand openings three weeks previous to last weekend’s openings.
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Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2026
Court papers say the note was written previous to his suicide and in connection with an earlier apparent suicide attempt.
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USA Today,
7 May 2026
Kent, originally from Sutton, graduated from the State Police Academy in 2022 and did not have a disciplinary record previous to this incident, the Herald previously reported.
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Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
Pulte lived in Florida previous to his nomination to lead the independent agency, but his family has roots in metro Detroit.
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Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
14 Jan. 2022
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Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2026
Court papers say the note was written previous to his suicide and in connection with an earlier apparent suicide attempt.
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USA Today,
7 May 2026
Kent, originally from Sutton, graduated from the State Police Academy in 2022 and did not have a disciplinary record previous to this incident, the Herald previously reported.
—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
Pulte lived in Florida previous to his nomination to lead the independent agency, but his family has roots in metro Detroit.
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Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
14 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for previous to
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Within seconds, cheers echo across the mountain valley as a vehicle soars through the sky before plummeting down below.
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Gibson retires the first two batters before giving up a single to Paul Goldschmidt, followed by the homer barrage.
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The series takes place six years prior to the events of the first film and covers the high school years of a teenage Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree plays the character Reese Witherspoon originally played).
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Six years before Karl Benz’s first car and almost two decades prior to Henry Ford’s initial inventions, George Selden filed the first patent for a road engine, in 1879.
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Under the bill, the 11-member state Board of Education would expand to 13, allowing for the Senate president pro tem and the Assembly speaker to appoint two more members.
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If stress builds, schedule a short stretch break and set softer deadlines where possible, because kindness to your body supports reliable output.
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