Examples of previous to in a Sentence
his passport arrived just previous to his trip
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The six Bakersfield locations hosted their grand openings three weeks previous to last weekend’s openings.
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Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Court papers say the note was written previous to his suicide and in connection with an earlier apparent suicide attempt.
—USA Today, 7 May 2026
Over the three seasons previous to 2025-26, the two men played 1,343 minutes together at five-on-five, scoring 4.51 goals per 60 with a 62 percent goal share.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Kent, originally from Sutton, graduated from the State Police Academy in 2022 and did not have a disciplinary record previous to this incident, the Herald previously reported.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
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Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Court papers say the note was written previous to his suicide and in connection with an earlier apparent suicide attempt.
—USA Today, 7 May 2026
Over the three seasons previous to 2025-26, the two men played 1,343 minutes together at five-on-five, scoring 4.51 goals per 60 with a 62 percent goal share.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Kent, originally from Sutton, graduated from the State Police Academy in 2022 and did not have a disciplinary record previous to this incident, the Herald previously reported.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Previous to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/previous%20to. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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