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
I noticed that many of the older, stone houses, in ruins now, are built side-on to the sea – protection from the weather taking priority over the spectacular view in former times.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2017
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 distribution of continents in former times is much less neatly resolved than most people outside geophysics think.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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