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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

Its music videos, which had heretofore been so art-school obscure that MTV barely played them, were now high-budget fantasias with Stipe front and center, undulating like a Robert Longo painting come to life.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

“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

Dowd’s profile also breaks a heretofore never-revealed account about a sequence where The Bride is shown driving what turned out to be a mechanically unsound Karmann Ghia on her way to fulfill the title's promise.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2023

We have been a faithful outlet for your merchandise for thirty years and have heretofore always had the warmest affectionate feelings for your firm.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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