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.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
More Onus On Employers The Green Paper sets out guidelines for a consultation on Access to Work, which has heretofore been exclusively for employees.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Only, as fate would have it, Cattet and Forzani’s artistic ambitions have evolved in lockstep with wider industry trends — creating heretofore-unseen opportunities for outré auteurs.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
If so, that might mean that planets which heretofore would never have been seen suitable for the evolution of complex life might become tenable for the evolution of intelligence.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
More Onus On Employers The Green Paper sets out guidelines for a consultation on Access to Work, which has heretofore been exclusively for employees.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Only, as fate would have it, Cattet and Forzani’s artistic ambitions have evolved in lockstep with wider industry trends — creating heretofore-unseen opportunities for outré auteurs.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
If so, that might mean that planets which heretofore would never have been seen suitable for the evolution of complex life might become tenable for the evolution of intelligence.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for heretofore
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heretofore
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The idea was seen as an impossibility, Xu said, because scientists hadn’t yet figured out a way to precisely target a treatment area to control the process of cavitation.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The departments of Veterans Affairs, Energy, and Labor have yet to make their reports publicly available.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
18 May 2025
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“Heretofore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heretofore. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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