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heretofore

[heer-tuh-fawr, -fohr] / ˌhɪər təˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr /


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A management pratfall to spoil Netflix’s heretofore reputation as a maker of smart moves?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

“We want to take the heretofore somewhat passive experience of going into a theater, and we want to expand that and give people a chance to do other things and have fun,” Brein said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

People laugh as a psychological defense mechanism when confronted by a reality that they cannot reconcile and resolve with their expectation of what they heretofore deemed to be normal.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

One of the things we know is that the Pentagon has uncovered a heretofore unknown Chinese drone that comes out of the water and transitions to flight.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

He turned the Klan’s secrecy against itself by making its private information public; he converted heretofore precious knowledge into ammunition for mockery.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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