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 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 There’s weed and benzos strewn on the coffee table, Ji-Na telling Fatima to run away fast, that she can’t be fixed, implying some kind of debilitating depression or mental illness Fatima’s Korean-French girlfriend was heretofore able to keep at bay. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 May 2025 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). 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 See All Example Sentences for heretofore
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  • The federal government will stop issuing physical checks by the end of September, a move that will affect a small group of Social Security beneficiaries who have yet to switch over to electronic payments.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Considering Eliminating Capital Gains Tax: What to Know Satellite Photo Captures US Aircraft Carrier Deployed Near Iran Unfortunately, Radiance is still yet to receive a single adoption application.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025

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“Heretofore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heretofore. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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