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View synonyms for previously

previously

[ pree-vee-uhs-lee ]

adverb

  1. before now; earlier:

    The evidence now shows a strong likelihood that sea levels will rise more rapidly than previously thought.

    The author was previously managing editor of a multimedia lifestyle company that produced a magazine, website, and newsletters.



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London is already a father to two children from previous relationships.

While Bjerg was able to work through his previous interpersonal limitations on the team, fans and public attention would represent another challenge for him.

The listing by Roblox will push IPOs even further past previous records.

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They reached their conclusion within two months, much faster than in previous police shootings.

Maryland reported a record 2,910 new cases Thursday, shattering the previous high set five days before.

Carl Sandler, who founded Mister in 2012, previously founded Daddyhunt.com and worked at Gay.com.

“We quietly did,” Reed previously told The Daily Beast of removing ISIS.

Fry had previously confirmed the news to his army of followers on Twitter.

Couple walked towards the opposite end of the dungeon, where she previously played with Destiny.

El Bulli, for instance, previously named the best restaurant in the world, shuttered its doors after only a few decades.

This was why we resolved, at the time of our arrival, not to baptize any adults unless they were previously well catechized.

The evolution theory alleges that they were evolved, slowly, by natural processes out of previously existing matter.

Those who escaped the massacre were hung upon the same trees on which the Frenchmen had previously been hung.

He must go to London, and take what indemnification he might in the domestic circle previously to starting.

Much of the haste and irritation which had previously led to blows discharged itself in a good-natured sneeze.

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