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 Service, heretofore professional, notches up a tick. Jason Gay, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025 Topping the agenda for the 31 senators and 150 House members is the GOP's long-desired and heretofore always denied opportunity to enact a school voucher system that would make public money available to offset the costs of private K-12 education. John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 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. EW.com, 24 July 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 See All Example Sentences for heretofore
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  • The bad news is that there are already murmurs in Brussels about piecemeal, incremental measures – harmonizing certain national laws, creating yet another framework for EU member states to fuss over and interpret.
    Jan Hammer, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • What ultimately inspired McAnally and Baum (who has worked on the business side of his husband’s career) to expand their family was yet another recent life-altering change.
    Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Heretofore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heretofore. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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