erstwhile
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Rotating away from erstwhile AI darlings has been in vogue of late.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mark Cuban, the billionaire former “Shark Tank” regular and erstwhile critic of President Donald Trump, dumped nearly all his bitcoin holdings late last month, saying the original digital currency has “lost the plot.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Compare that to the strapline you’d have to write for the erstwhile VW ID.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
The erstwhile interim U.S. attorney, then, is in a pickle of his own making.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026
A hundred years before Columbus, Meggers told me, they were blasted by a mega-Nino and then overrun by one of their erstwhile inferiors.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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