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
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
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
In former times British subjects did not qualify for French state help.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2014
In former times they would send you a little package, of the belongings: what he had with him when he died.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
