as in earlier
so as to precede something in order of time
when we got back to the house, the movers had already left
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Figo was already at the peak of his powers in 2000, two years older than Doncic and a few months shy of winning the Ballon d’Or.
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Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
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Kessler’s hiring could foretell antitrust litigation that would rattle a hockey world already coming to terms with the NCAA allowing more junior players to join Division I college teams.
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Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
Some one-seat eVTOL makers, like Pivotal, have already started delivering their electric aircraft.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
The company already operates cloud computing services in Japan and, in August 2024, announced a collaboration with Singtel to build data centers across the country.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2025
Kessler’s hiring could foretell antitrust litigation that would rattle a hockey world already coming to terms with the NCAA allowing more junior players to join Division I college teams.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Already.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/already. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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