beforehand
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A local shepherd told the BBC he was at the shop about 30 minutes beforehand, offering to supply the family with yoghurt.
From BBC
Tam said she had not had a response from the operations team at the council, which oversees the mowing, but believes they were aware of the planting beforehand.
From BBC
There has to be limited risk of abuse, people need to have enough information to be able to self-select products, and patents must expire beforehand, McNamara added.
“The one pressure we couldn’t take away was the context for these individuals of what might have been said to them beforehand, what pressures they might have felt with their own family members.”
More than 1,000 businesses had sought refunds beforehand, a number that likely will grow.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.