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Example Sentences

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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

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

The commodity price boom, especially pronounced in gold and metals, is generating some remarkable statistics and dramatically revising some hitherto well-established ratios.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

These include “demand has broadened, with hitherto dormant banks becoming active,” the council added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The spies of Sauron had hitherto seldom been seen in this empty country, and the paths were little known except to the people of Rivendell.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien