HERETOFORE Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

heretofore

adverb

ˈhir-tə-ˌfȯr

as in yet

up to this or that time having been heretofore unwilling to fly, he was forced to make an exception for his brother's out-of-state wedding

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Recent Examples of heretofore Driven by an unrelenting collapse in fertility, family structures and living arrangements heretofore imagined only in science fiction novels will become commonplace, unremarkable features of everyday life. —

Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024 Now drop him into the brave new world of AI, where thievery can be accomplished with an ease and at a magnitude heretofore unimagined. —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024 Lewis’ death from H1N1 swine flu, a heretofore extinct H1N1 influenza strain suddenly reentered the human population? —

Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024 Absent such a contract, their clubs had no right or power ... to reserve their services for their exclusive use for any period beyond the 'renewal year' in the contracts which these players had heretofore signed. —

CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heretofore