former

Example Sentences

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Known for his style as well as his music, the former One Direction star was dressed in a Chanel pinstriped suit and was joined on-stage by a gospel choir.

From Barron's

In recent days, local leaders hired an outside team of former federal prosecutors to investigate whether any town elected official or employee committed wrongdoing in connection with the ordeal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shrinkhala Khatiwada, a former Miss Nepal and daughter of a former health minister - who was reported to have more than a million followers at one point - appears to have shut her Instagram account down entirely.

From BBC

Consider this passage from a recent New York Review essay by former Obama national security official Ben Rhodes.

From Salon

Portuguese former Aalesunds forward Braga is emblematic of Hearts' season - a relative unknown plucked from Norwegian football.

From BBC