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[ adverb ] at a previous time
Synonyms Examples "once he loved her" "her erstwhile writing" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)With greater investments in plant facilities , with automation growing , you can n't switch around , either in volume or in product design , as much as was formerly possible - or at_least not as economically . (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)In answering these questions , we need to ask not merely whether Communist troops have crossed over into territories they did not occupy before , and not merely whether disciplined agents of the Cominform are in control of governments from which they were formerly excluded : (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)While the regulations formerly required that the hearing_officer 's report be placed in the registrant 's file , this requirement was eliminated in 1952 . (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)How in the world had he formerly found time to build_up a business , raise a family , be on half_a_dozen boards , work actively on committees and either go_out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief_case ? |
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