as in yet
up to this or that time
having been heretofore unwilling to fly, he was forced to make an exception for his brother's out-of-state wedding
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Recent Examples of heretofore
James Cameron's Avatar franchise is nothing if not ambitious, with each new entry in the sci-fi saga unveiling heretofore unseen tribes, creatures, and ecosystems.
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EW.com, 24 July 2025
Manager Dave Roberts has heretofore been very careful with the left-hander, once pulling Kershaw out of an early-season perfect game after seven innings.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 July 2025
Carolyn has only had 11 seconds of her voice being heard on air heretofore.
—Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
The reason that clothing has heretofore failed to offer any relief from the heat is because our bodies give off heat in the form of mid-infrared radiation (IR), and our garments block that wavelength from escaping.
—Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2016
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EW.com, 24 July 2025
Manager Dave Roberts has heretofore been very careful with the left-hander, once pulling Kershaw out of an early-season perfect game after seven innings.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 July 2025
Carolyn has only had 11 seconds of her voice being heard on air heretofore.
—Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
The reason that clothing has heretofore failed to offer any relief from the heat is because our bodies give off heat in the form of mid-infrared radiation (IR), and our garments block that wavelength from escaping.
—Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heretofore
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Their closer coughed up yet another game, as Tanner Scott left a two-strike, two-out fastball over the heart of the plate that Orioles rookie Samuel Basallo crushed into the night sky to end it.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Dyson hasn’t announced a price for the Spot+Scrub yet, but it’s expected to launch in the US in 2026.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Heretofore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heretofore. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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