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
And yet the invitation to explore Surrealism without Breton has the potential to be more generative than curators have heretofore allowed (even without entering into fantasies that his adversaries beat him up and chased him out of town).
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
And, just like that, the audience gets to see a side of Ellie heretofore rarely revealed.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
And, just like that, the audience gets to see a side of Ellie heretofore rarely revealed.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
Sai is either working on some strategic level heretofore unseen in this or any other international edition of Survivor ever produced, or just blew her opportunity to seize control of this tribe.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
And, just like that, the audience gets to see a side of Ellie heretofore rarely revealed.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
And, just like that, the audience gets to see a side of Ellie heretofore rarely revealed.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
Sai is either working on some strategic level heretofore unseen in this or any other international edition of Survivor ever produced, or just blew her opportunity to seize control of this tribe.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heretofore
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There will be a lot of intangibles that will determine how AEW will navigate through yet another volatile period for WBD.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Despite the bombardment, Washington believes the Kremlin’s retaliation for Ukraine’s drone strike on Russian bombers last weekend hasn’t yet happened in earnest, Reuters reported.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
10 June 2025
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“Heretofore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heretofore. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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