as in yet
up to this or that time at the talent show Kyle revealed his hitherto unknown gift for doing impressions

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Recent Examples of hitherto Such gene editing might remove undesirable traits or adapt humans to conditions hitherto unachievable by natural means, such as being able to breathe underwater or survive unaided in other extreme conditions, Gee writes. Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 Rather than wait for the cavalry to arrive in the unlikely form of a bunch of hitherto untapped categories, the sales guys instead chopped the commercial running times in half, thereby making their inventory a great deal more affordable. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025 That’s a demo Prime Video originals had not hitherto delivered to the streamer. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025 This led to the discovery of a hitherto unknown region of Io that's subject to extreme volcanism across 40,000 square miles (100,00 square kilometers). Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hitherto
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  • The agency said no other wildlife impacts have yet been reported.
    Dan Ruetenik, CBS News, 5 May 2025
  • After Trump's whiplash on tariffs in recent months, the full scope of the economic impact on Canada is not yet clear.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 4 May 2025
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  • 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

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“Hitherto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitherto. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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