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To their initial astonishment, they have attracted a far wider viewership spanning all ages, even followers who hitherto had only scant interest in ballet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

By the 1930s, parents began reporting the hitherto unseen phenomenon of children rejecting their meals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

She reset to break Pegula's hitherto dominant serve, but was broken back straight away with her fourth double fault of the contest.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

They reached their target inside 33 overs, England's four-wicket victory delighting the thousands of travelling fans who finally have something to celebrate on a hitherto miserable tour.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

He was thinking that under such circumstances an electron might combine with a proton to form an uncharged, hitherto undetected compound particle he dubbed the neutron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik