heretofore
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Heretofore our only avenues of information of such personalities led through the asylums for the insane, for it was there that such revelations as those of Mr. Joyce were made without reserve.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
Heretofore obscure politicians have also been handed plenty of airtime to pronounce on the pandemic.
From Washington Post • May 5, 2020
Heretofore, their successes have been obscure and difficult to advertise.
From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2017
Heretofore, the 11-year old I was had listened to lyrics in a pretty cursory way – sometimes getting them wrong, as people do.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2014
Heretofore all the campus gossip had seemed merely malicious and disrespectful; now I could see the advantage for Dr. Bledsoe.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Vocabulary lists containing heretofore
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
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