HERETOFORE Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

heretofore

adverb

ˈhir-tə-ˌfȯr

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 on the Web If Barack liked to play the conciliator, unveiling heretofore unperceived dimensions of sameness among disparate peoples, Michelle often played the patient teacher, offering instruction from a benevolent distance, then retreating, until next class period, into privacy. —

Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024 The ice shelves were dying from some heretofore unrecognized mechanism. —

Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2012 The new Season 4, which brings Weimar Berlin ever closer to the grip of Nazism—heretofore unavailable to US viewers—will debut in June. —

Vogue, 19 July 2024 This kind of coverage of a physical space had heretofore only been possible in animation. —

Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heretofore

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