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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Meanwhile, some conservative members of parliament have followed their party leader, Eric Ciotti, into an alliance with the RN, breaking a hitherto strict taboo on aligning with the extreme right.
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Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
Norm, frankly, has had enough of all this weirdness and hacks the overseer’s terminal to send a message to the hitherto unseen overseer of Vault 31.
—Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
With backgrounds in fashion and advertising, the Italian duo who run them have attracted equally fashionable locals to this hitherto quiet part of town.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 4 May 2024
This enabled him to put together a hitherto unknown story about how Bell, who had been interned in Germany during World War I, used his excellent German and many connections to describe the country’s turmoil after the war for the benefit of the British secret services and government.
—Jason Bell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
Norm, frankly, has had enough of all this weirdness and hacks the overseer’s terminal to send a message to the hitherto unseen overseer of Vault 31.
—Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
With backgrounds in fashion and advertising, the Italian duo who run them have attracted equally fashionable locals to this hitherto quiet part of town.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 4 May 2024
This enabled him to put together a hitherto unknown story about how Bell, who had been interned in Germany during World War I, used his excellent German and many connections to describe the country’s turmoil after the war for the benefit of the British secret services and government.
—Jason Bell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Hitherto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitherto. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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