prior knowledge
Example Sentences
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I had to keep reminding myself, especially at the beginning, to not put those things in the forefront of our minds, unless, of course, like you’re a Pearl girl who has prior knowledge of everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Westminster City Council, which owns the land, says it had no prior knowledge of the statue.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Developers of eCPs should be able to draw on the extensive prior knowledge already generated by the original large-molecule biologic during its own approval process, rather than starting from scratch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
To make matters worse, the doctors whose patients contributed the most were featured, again without their prior knowledge, on a wall labeled “Best Doctors as Selected by Patients.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“What a fine day for a group of strangers with no prior knowledge of each other to meet by chance on the garden path, as it were.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
