by then
Example Sentences
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Yamal, as a baby boy himself, was famously pictured being bathed by then Barcelona star Lionel Messi.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ada recognised her friend in a photograph posted on X by then US by then Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
But another interpretation cannot be ruled out: that of an internal, perhaps ritualized, treatment of women who came from elsewhere but by then had been fully integrated into the group.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
Most everyone had cleared out by then, but there were stragglers.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Five minutes drifted by, then ten, then twenty; at last, the judge ordered the bailiff to retrieve them.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
