former times
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The Order takes its name from the symbolic bathing, which, in former times, was often part of the preparation of a candidate for knighthood.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023
A quarter of salt was commonly sold for thirty-five shillings, which in former times was quite unheard of.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
In former times, the shop had brought her 25,000 afghanis a month, some $300.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022
In former times this would have been considered baby talk.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2011
He would stay up until very late, suffocating in his faded velvet vest, scribbling with his tiny sparrow hands, whose rings had lost the glow of former times.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
