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The other alleged incident happened previous to the plaintiff’s full-time employment with Ye’s operations, which started in 2021.
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Miss Letty Tifft has gone to Minneapolis to select stock and work in a wholesale millinery store for a few weeks previous to the opening of the spring season.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
With nine more seasons under his belt as the head coach of the Carolina Panthers previous to that, he's recorded a 102-103-2 overall record.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
In the 18 years previous to that, Nagy was an NFL scout.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Miss Letty Tifft has gone to Minneapolis to select stock and work in a wholesale millinery store for a few weeks previous to the opening of the spring season.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
With nine more seasons under his belt as the head coach of the Carolina Panthers previous to that, he's recorded a 102-103-2 overall record.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
In the 18 years previous to that, Nagy was an NFL scout.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for previous to
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But after the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the movie was retooled with a new finale before being released in theaters on June 21, 2002.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Gere and Alejandra wed during a secret ceremony in April 2018 and welcomed Alexander in February 2019, before adding James to the family in April 2020.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Just like those who’d read the Song of Ice and Fire series prior to Game of Thrones, gamers have been sitting on the death of Joel since the TV adaptation was announced back in 2020.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2025
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Trump’s Truth Social Parent Company Suing Many Media Companies—including Forbes Trump and his companies have filed multiple lawsuits against media organizations prior to his winning a second term.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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My Happy Place Season 1 finale (CNN) MONDAY, JUNE 9 📺 Art Detectives (Acorn TV, two-episode premiere) Stephen Moyer plays a detective who solves murders connected to the world of art and antiques — from Old Master paintings, to Banksy street art, to medieval manuscripts and collectible vinyl.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
30 May 2025
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The network was among thousands of news organizations worldwide to have posted the video in recent days, ranging from the UK’s BBC and to France’s TF1 to the websites of newspapers such as The Guardian and The New York Times.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 May 2025
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