former
Example Sentences
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No former chair has stayed on as a governor since Marriner Eccles, who served from 1934 until 1948 and remained on the board at President Harry Truman’s request after the president chose a new chair.
“There is great skepticism among Ukrainian people” about the U.S.-led talks, said Andriy Zagorodnyuk, a former Ukrainian defense minister.
While questioning former employees of Price and Richardson, Higgins sought to paint a more nefarious picture.
From Los Angeles Times
"The biggest single reason that the English clubs have been dominant so far is the financial power of the Premier League," former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock told BBC Sport.
From BBC
She was savvy enough to maintain what she called her “yay folder” in her former position.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.