as in yet
up to this or that time
at the talent show Kyle revealed his hitherto unknown gift for doing impressions
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Recent Examples of hitherto
The technique also identified a further 2,000 or so candidate extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, around half of which were hitherto undetected.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Mar. 2026
Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces.
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Mariel Carr,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
Many of China’s hitherto top names in AI—including ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, Xiaomi cofounder Lin Bin, and Alibaba CTO Wang Jian—cut their teeth at the Microsoft Research Asia (MRSA) lab in Beijing.
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Charlie Campbell,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
Leveraging Personal Experience There were some common threads, perhaps the most obvious being the ability of the founders to identify hitherto untapped demand.
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Trevor Clawson,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Mar. 2026
Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces.
—
Mariel Carr,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
Many of China’s hitherto top names in AI—including ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, Xiaomi cofounder Lin Bin, and Alibaba CTO Wang Jian—cut their teeth at the Microsoft Research Asia (MRSA) lab in Beijing.
—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
Leveraging Personal Experience There were some common threads, perhaps the most obvious being the ability of the founders to identify hitherto untapped demand.
—
Trevor Clawson,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Adverb
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Her Spotify discography does not include any full albums as of yet, but does show a six-song EP and three singles released in 2020 through 2023.
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Better yet, soothing ingredients like chamomile flower water and hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid keep skin feeling comfortable, so your complexion looks fresh—not overly matte.
Adverb
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Suddenly the Knicks, who hadn’t won the big title in fifty-three years, can turn on some heretofore unseen mode of heroism, and—bang.
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On the eighth floor, The Sky Room’s floor-to-ceiling windows look out across the South Side, framing city views heretofore unseen.
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