originally

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Hydebank, in south Belfast, was originally due to open in 2022, then changed to 2024.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The fossil was originally discovered in 1979 near an artificial reservoir outside the city.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

After all, Nvidia was built originally on sales to gaming platforms.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The policy was originally premised on the SEC’s statutory authority “to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate” to enforce securities laws.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The diagrams that originally accompanied Vitruvius’s text were in any case evidently few in number and extremely rudimentary.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton