prior

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I’d read “Handmaid’s” and “The Testaments” prior to this job and, obviously, I knew about the show.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

In a statement sent to the BBC earlier in April a defence ministry spokesman confirmed that males aged 17 and older were required to obtain prior approval for stays abroad lasting longer than three months.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

However, investors’ prior concerns about the strait have yet to be answered.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

“In prior technological transformations, labor had time to adjust and retrain.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

She was a beast again, no longer the beautiful young woman she’d spoken to a day prior, but her dark eyes were uncannily expressive.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray