heretofore

Example Sentences

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Yesterday, McKibben called the move a “breakthrough” from a “heretofore timid administration.”

From Scientific American

“This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and enslaved people, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor.”

From Washington Post

Are we hoping that the world embraces this show on a heretofore unseen level, making it a no-brainer to increase the subsidy for it?

From New York Times

It’s reminiscent of a real-life Black man revered for his athleticism and heretofore seen as just happy-go-lucky: the great running back from the University of Georgia, Herschel Walker.

From Washington Post

It is not hard to imagine, though, that any knuckleheads who were heretofore inclined to bite and punch fellow travelers to protest the mask mandate may not suddenly learn manners.

From Seattle Times