as in preceded
to go or come before in time
if the sparse crowds are any indication of the public's interest in the presidential candidate, then his reputation obviously foregoes him
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The search for reinforcements — whether through free agency or the draft — preceded the Philadelphia Eagles delivering a knockout blow on Kansas City’s three-peat.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025 -
Clemson Defensive coordinator Tom Allen The domino that preceded Penn State’s hiring of Knowles was Clemson luring Allen away from the Nittany Lions.—
Ralph D. Russo,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Other past credits for Wise include Jurassic World Dominion, Netflix’s The Harder They Fall, the comedy Someone Great from Jenn Kaytin Robinson, and the role of Swan opposite Kevin Hart in the Sony/Netflix film Fatherhood, to name just a few.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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Best-selling royal author Sally Bedell Smith, who was friends with Anson, previously made similar claims based on their past conversations on her Substack, Royals Extra.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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But those days are long gone, and a time where a host had an eight-figure annual contract to host a daily show in a midtown Manhattan theater with 400 seats and a staff that topped 100 seems like a relic of a bygone era.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 July 2025
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Trump still thinks that contending with a genuine authoritarian like Putin — a former KGB lieutenant colonel obsessed with some bygone vision of glorious imperial Russia or — is the same as striking a deal for a building on Park Ave.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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Plain football bias by voting fans and the erstwhile Worldwide Leader in Sports.—
Greg Cote
July 20,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
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The gateway to the French Riviera, the city has long been dismissed as a way station to smaller resort towns, the erstwhile stomping grounds of Matisse, Chagall, Baldwin, and Fitzgerald.—
Sloane Crosley,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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Despite the overall increase, significant reductions in veteran homelessness in Indianapolis and the U.S. at large hold lessons for how to help other groups, advocates say.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
24 July 2025
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According to English, wages at other manufacturing plants that do similar work are much higher than at Challenge, where some employees are paid as little as $18 an hour.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Two incumbents, a former city councilwoman and five others make up a crowded list of candidates vying for at-large seats on the Detroit City Council in the primary.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 July 2025
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The trailer now shows Ashur, a former slave, struggling to be accepted by high society.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
27 July 2025
Adjective
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Trump is suing the newspaper owned by his sometime supporter Rupert Murdoch.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Warner recurred on the NBC comedy as Andre, sometime husband to Brown’s Shirley.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Kevin Nealon Nealon's Gary Potter, Happy's onetime course partner who famously advised him to send his ball home in the first movie, now apparently works as a correspondent for the Tour Championship.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
25 July 2025
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Peter Rice, the onetime chairman of Walt Disney Television and head of 21st Century Fox, has been tapped as the Head of Ceremonies and Content for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, organizers said Wednesday.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
23 July 2025
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“Foregone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foregone. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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