former times
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A quarter of salt was commonly sold for thirty-five shillings, which in former times was quite unheard of.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
In former times, the shop had brought her 25,000 afghanis a month, some $300.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
The Order takes its name from the symbolic bathing which in former times was often part of the preparation of a candidate for knighthood.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2016
"The new German power in Europe is not based as in former times on force," writes Beck in German Europe.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013
“The wall will fall to the wind as the windy hill will fall, and all things thought in former times: Nothing made remains, nor man remembers. And these towns shall be called the shining towns!”
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
