just before
Example Sentences
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All items in the table should be checked just before the earnings are announced, for that would be the time to buy the straddles or strangles if they do satisfy the “count” requirement.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Yields on the 30-year Treasury bond recently touched 5.2%, up from 4.6% just before the Iran war.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
He netted six goals in five games during a purple patch just before Christmas.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
The Sandy fire in Ventura County began just before 11 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
A cute present—but presumably the men didn’t feel the need to drop reassuring teddy bears off at other men’s air regiments just before a combat mission!
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
