before now
Example Sentences
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All of this should have been thought about long before now, but I wasn’t privy to a lot of things.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
It is fair to ask why football's powerbrokers didn't step in before now.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
I seem to recall some ugly headlines about him before now … Good memory.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The agency and Secretary Kristi Noem had declined to answer questions about Ross before now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
The exhausted army of his enemies, who had diced the night before, now spent the hours of darkness sleepless again, standing to arms or in their councils.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
