hitherto
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Hitherto, no specimen of anthropoid primates had been discovered in America.”
From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2023
Hitherto, Myanmar's military junta, which took power in a coup two years ago, has shown little inclination to take back any Rohingya.
From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2023
Hitherto, it has mostly been the other way round.
From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2020
Hitherto, it has been divided between Theodore Roosevelt progressives and William Howard Taft conservatives; between Robert Taft conservatives and Thomas Dewey moderates; between Nelson Rockefeller liberals and Barry Goldwater libertarians.
From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2018
Hitherto, all that has been known of Grindelwald’s next movements is that he “traveled abroad for some months.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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