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Beck appeared at the end of the Tritons’ game against Murrieta Valley and was not even on the team’s MaxPreps roster prior to that game.
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Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Even prior to Preservé’s arrival, the Motiva implants had begun fueling a shift in the way some surgeons perform breast augmentation, compelling them to more frequently place implants on top of the chest muscle instead of underneath it, as has been customary for decades.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
My sister apparently doesn’t read and edit her texts prior to sending them.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
The statement did not address the sanctions implemented by the university or what members were doing prior to the medical emergency.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
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Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Even prior to Preservé’s arrival, the Motiva implants had begun fueling a shift in the way some surgeons perform breast augmentation, compelling them to more frequently place implants on top of the chest muscle instead of underneath it, as has been customary for decades.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
My sister apparently doesn’t read and edit her texts prior to sending them.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
The statement did not address the sanctions implemented by the university or what members were doing prior to the medical emergency.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prior to
Preposition
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Wolff himself had a winding career before becoming top brass for Mercedes’ F1 team.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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But Braun was solid before tiring and working through injuries that affected him on the ball over the final month last season.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
Preposition
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Scott Cooper had offered me a movie previous to Deliver Me from Nowhere.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
31 July 2025
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Researchers tested this process, known as photothermal catalysis, in the laboratory using a simulant based on samples of lunar regolith returned to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission (the lunar samples are far too previous to destroy in such experiments, which is why a simulant is used instead).—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 July 2025
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The flip side to Marner’s exit is that the Leafs have cap flexibility and intend to take a swing with it.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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That later became the foundational precedent for centuries of papal claims to secular authority over the papal states of the Romagna.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Prior to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prior%20to. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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