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
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.
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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
Work by Franck Lavigne and others in 2019 determined using geochemical comparisons of ash from a hitherto unmapped eruption of Samalas in the Rinjani caldera of Indonesia as the culprit.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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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
Work by Franck Lavigne and others in 2019 determined using geochemical comparisons of ash from a hitherto unmapped eruption of Samalas in the Rinjani caldera of Indonesia as the culprit.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hitherto
Adverb
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But this new caterpillar has perhaps the most gruesome method of fashioning a case yet discovered, a bizarre housekeeping regime not reported in any other insect.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Better yet, get the best advice from all three in one place: Shopping List Our top picks for cleansing, moisturizing, and treating complexions with medical-grade skin care: IS Clinical Cleansing Complex and Active Serum.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
24 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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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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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 3 May. 2025.
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