beforehand
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The feeling beforehand was that Wardley's best chance lay in making another fast start, having dropped Dubois inside the opening moments of their first meeting.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Or you can do it beforehand, by emailing someone a “heads up” about what you are planning to ask.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
"Fusion experiments cost a great deal of money, and you do not want to make mistakes you could have caught beforehand," he said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Oli McBurnie did some work beforehand - his wait for a goal goes on, 19 caps and counting - then the wonderful Billy Gilmour got involved.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
He tried to live entirely off the country—and he tried to do it without bothering to master beforehand the full repertoire of crucial skills.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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