in former times
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The Order takes its name from the symbolic bathing, which, in former times, was often part of the preparation of a candidate for knighthood.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
A quarter of salt was commonly sold for thirty-five shillings, which in former times was quite unheard of.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The citizens of planet earth in former times could only imagine what we are able to see with our own eyes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2014
"The new German power in Europe is not based as in former times on force," writes Beck in German Europe.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013
“The wall will fall to the wind as the windy hill will fall, and all things thought in former times: Nothing made remains, nor man remembers. And these towns shall be called the shining towns!”
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
