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“Voters continue to believe that federal spending consists of vastly more waste, fraud and abuse than researchers and auditors have heretofore been able to identify,” reports the Reagan Institute in its latest national economic survey.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
"Beijing has heretofore tolerated this practice, but the Manus case marks a major turning point" as the US-China AI race heats up, she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
A management pratfall to spoil Netflix’s heretofore reputation as a maker of smart moves?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
That seems to have galvanized others who had heretofore been reluctant to publicly pressure someone they respect to make what even critics would concede is a difficult decision.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
The prestige-competition, heretofore mostly economic, might force Karhide to emulate its larger neighbor, to become a nation instead of a family quarrel, as Estraven had said; to become, as Estraven had also said, patriotic.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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