shortly before
Example Sentences
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The parliament approved the government's annual budget for 2026 on Friday after a record delay, and shortly before it is expected to receive next year's spending proposal for review.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Built shortly before World War I to complement the Left Bank’s Le Bon Marché department store, the hotel hosted visiting tourists, businessmen, families and conventions of professionals from all over Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
In the spring of 2008, shortly before the financial world completely imploded, I traveled around Florida reporting on the real-estate crash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
He said there was another separate incident shortly before the man's death.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Others proposed that Garfield's chest pain shortly before death was more likely the result of a blood clot in his heart.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
