beforehand
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As long as you’re willing to respect people enough to explain your why and not just your what, doing the right thing is oftentimes the politically popular thing, even if it wasn’t beforehand.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
"The storms that aligned already looked different about a day beforehand," said Fischer, who also is a core faculty member of the Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Where it is irreversible, the case for delegation has to be made beforehand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Elsewhere in the city, a front-desk staffer at a health clinic said power outages occurred two to three times a week, usually announced beforehand.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
They were surprised because he had not told them the reason for the meeting beforehand, so when people arrived they were not sure what it would all be about.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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