former times
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A quarter of salt was commonly sold for thirty-five shillings, which in former times was quite unheard of.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
In former times, the shop had brought her 25,000 afghanis a month, some $300.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
The Order takes its name from the symbolic bathing which, in former times, was often part of the preparation of a candidate for knighthood.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2019
The citizens of planet earth in former times could only imagine what we are able to see with our own eyes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2014
Apart from these details, this could be a college guest room, for the less distinguished visitors; or a room in a rooming house, of former times, for ladies in reduced circumstances.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
