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previously

[pree-vee-uhs-lee] / ˈpri vi əs li /


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Grande was previously married to real estate agent Dalton Gomez, while Slater had been married to psychologist Lilly Jay, his high-school sweetheart with whom he shares a child.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Marivex had previously been sanctioned by US authorities for alleged Iran links, the Reuters news agency reported.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Called Claude Fable 5, the large language model will mostly let users query Mythos, which the company previously deemed was too dangerous for general release.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

U.K. pharmaceutical giant GSK on Tuesday struck a $10.6 billion deal to buy U.S.-listed biotech company Nuvalent, its biggest acquisition in eight years as it seeks to bolster the cancer portfolio it had previously trimmed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

America was not ahead of Russia in space technology, as we’d previously believed.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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