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
The technique also identified a further 2,000 or so candidate extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, around half of which were hitherto undetected.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces.
—Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Many of China’s hitherto top names in AI—including ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, Xiaomi cofounder Lin Bin, and Alibaba CTO Wang Jian—cut their teeth at the Microsoft Research Asia (MRSA) lab in Beijing.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
Leveraging Personal Experience There were some common threads, perhaps the most obvious being the ability of the founders to identify hitherto untapped demand.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces.
—Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Many of China’s hitherto top names in AI—including ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, Xiaomi cofounder Lin Bin, and Alibaba CTO Wang Jian—cut their teeth at the Microsoft Research Asia (MRSA) lab in Beijing.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
Leveraging Personal Experience There were some common threads, perhaps the most obvious being the ability of the founders to identify hitherto untapped demand.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hitherto
Adverb
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Brandon Aiyuk’s recent emergence on social media now includes his bluntest message yet about a mysterious estrangement with the 49ers.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Reiner’s mental state at the time of his parents’ deaths has been a source of speculation, but has not yet become an issue in the criminal case.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
10 June 2026
Adverb
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On the eighth floor, The Sky Room’s floor-to-ceiling windows look out across the South Side, framing city views heretofore unseen.—
Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
4 June 2026
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Combined with the sweaty temps, my neighborhood is seeing mushroom variants heretofore unknown to science.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
27 May 2026
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“Hitherto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitherto. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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