former times

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In former times, the shop had brought her 25,000 afghanis a month, some $300.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022

But that constraint contains a possibility: In watching performers of the present embody the dance of the former times, we might feel, in our own bodies, how the present and the past are connected.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022

I noticed that many of the older, stone houses, in ruins now, are built side-on to the sea – protection from the weather taking priority over the spectacular view in former times.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2017

In former times British subjects did not qualify for French state help.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2014

In former times, before Robert could remember, “the house” had been a summer luxury of the Lebruns.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin