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
This effort could reveal hitherto undiscovered and unexpected patterns of movement, like vortices around the poles of the sun similar to those spotted above the poles of Venus and Saturn.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 June 2025
Only this time, a third woman is joining them on the stand, a hitherto anonymous complaining witness whose testimony could prove critical.
—Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Recent weeks have seen troops and a United Nations monitoring mission dismantle Hezbollah’s military infrastructure in the area, a hitherto impossible step.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Standards have hitherto required solar inverters to shut down at the first hint of line trouble, in order to protect workers from unanticipated currents.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2015
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 June 2025
Only this time, a third woman is joining them on the stand, a hitherto anonymous complaining witness whose testimony could prove critical.
—Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Recent weeks have seen troops and a United Nations monitoring mission dismantle Hezbollah’s military infrastructure in the area, a hitherto impossible step.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Standards have hitherto required solar inverters to shut down at the first hint of line trouble, in order to protect workers from unanticipated currents.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2015
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Adverb
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Their closer coughed up yet another game, as Tanner Scott left a two-strike, two-out fastball over the heart of the plate that Orioles rookie Samuel Basallo crushed into the night sky to end it.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Dyson hasn’t announced a price for the Spot+Scrub yet, but it’s expected to launch in the US in 2026.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
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This is particularly newsworthy in part because Powell has been consistent heretofore in giving emphasis to the priority need to restrain inflation.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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The 49ers have been using Lucas, heretofore a nickel cornerback, on the outside this week and Robinson, mainly an outside cornerback, on the inside.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Hitherto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitherto. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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