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In the four years previous to that Flamengo and Palmeiras dominated South American football winning two titles each.
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Nine years previous to that, his Ghanaian parents Maria and Felix travelled overland, across the Sahara desert to the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa, when Maria was pregnant with her first son Inaki (as the elder Williams sibling told The Athletic in an interview in 2022).
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
The other alleged incident happened previous to the plaintiff’s full-time employment with Ye’s operations, which started in 2021.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Chris Smither has been a longtime favorite of the EC-CHAP family, according to the organization’s assistant director, Ryan Elgin, who noted that efforts to schedule Smither began previous to the pandemic.
—Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2024
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Nine years previous to that, his Ghanaian parents Maria and Felix travelled overland, across the Sahara desert to the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa, when Maria was pregnant with her first son Inaki (as the elder Williams sibling told The Athletic in an interview in 2022).
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
The other alleged incident happened previous to the plaintiff’s full-time employment with Ye’s operations, which started in 2021.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Chris Smither has been a longtime favorite of the EC-CHAP family, according to the organization’s assistant director, Ryan Elgin, who noted that efforts to schedule Smither began previous to the pandemic.
—Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for previous to
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Blue Ghost also plans to capture high-definition imagery of a total eclipse as the Earth blocks the sun just before a lunar sunset ushers in frigid lunar night on March 16.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Kane then sat out Bayern training before the return leg against Celtic at the Allianz Arena and head coach Vincent Kompany said a decision would be made on the day of the game.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The group spent the past five years putting No Other Land together, with much of it shot prior to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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Two Red Cross officials took part in a signing ceremony with a Hamas commander on a stage prior to the handover.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Seth Rogen gave an interview to Esquire magazine as part of a new cover story and pushed back against the notion that comedy is now harder to pull off.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, even if an ingredient is present in small amounts in a product, cumulative exposure to it across multiple cosmetic products can pose a health risk.—
Noor Lobad,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Previous to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/previous%20to. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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