Prior
Meanings and phrases
prior
- earlier in time; anterior
prior
- the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
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- Cloud for two years prior to entering business.
- He was in ill health for two years prior to his death.
- They were second three consecutive years prior to 2013.
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- The site began just prior to the 2004 baseball season.
- He signed with the Buffalo Bills just prior to the 2014 season.
- They were scheduled to play just prior to Devo's headlining set.
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- Dunn had turned 34 nine days prior.
- Women's estrogen levels often dip in the days prior to menstruation.
- Zinck had been reported missing to police by an unknown party two days prior.
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- He was ill for four months prior to his death.
- It is revealed that his wife, Sarah, died seven months prior.
- He had previously collapsed during a game a few months prior.
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- He had suffered from hydrocephalus in the year prior to his death.
- This marked the height of his career, just a year prior to his death.
- The borough had the station demolished a year prior on August 6, 1965.
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- The tour began four weeks prior to the release of "So Far, So Good...
- In the weeks prior to Brazil, Honda also announced their 2013 driver lineup.
- A few weeks prior to his death, he had taken 3 months leave from parliament.
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- Lauren Barlow lost her voice the week prior to recording.
- A week prior, Dr. Theoharis was arrested in Lansing, Michigan.
- The single "You Matter" was released a week prior on their website.
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- However, she had no prior history of mental illness.
- no prior history of surgery).
- Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had no prior knowledge of Butina.
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- The catastrophic quake itself is covered immediately prior to the last chapter of the novel.
- The Mica Bay Incident occurred immediately prior to the signing of the Robinson-Huron Treaty.
- The helicopter was described to be autorotating at low altitudes immediately prior to its crash.
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- For one thing, humans often have little prior knowledge to work with.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had no prior knowledge of Butina.
- It allows the teacher to find out the students prior knowledge on a particular topic.
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- This was a repeat of the prior year's final.
- Canada repeated its fifth-place finish of the prior year.
- Like the prior year, LSU went 0–2 in the CWS and was eliminated.
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- South Korean law bars contacts with Communists without prior approval.
- The album was made available for pre-order on May 14, 2018 without prior announcement.
- Trains may be delayed or cancelled without prior warning due to bad weather or Mountain Rescue advice.
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- Spoon was undefeated prior to joining Bellator.
- She was known as a cosplayer prior to joining BNK48 in 2017.
- He served in the British Army as a soldier prior to joining The Exploited.
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- A music video was released a day prior before the official release.
- A brown bear can eat of food and gain of fat a day prior to entering its den.
- In some cases, his script changes were submitted to Miller only a day prior to filming the scene.
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- She appeared on stage one month prior to her passing.
- His death is recorded in the minutes of that lodge in the month prior to 6 January 1741/2.
- Although many couples request RSVPs to be returned up to a month prior to the wedding day.
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- Long's prior experience included hosting "Soul!
- The animal automatically knows it without any prior experience.
- Mr. Lopart would try to do something on his own without any prior experience.
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- He was released prior to the 2016-17 season.
- He was released prior to the start of the regular season.
- The single was released prior to the album on June 14, 2004.
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- He also owned a fitness center prior to becoming a wrestler.
- She was employed as a registered nurse prior to becoming a legislator.
- Whittaker was a brick layer prior to becoming a professional MMA fighter.
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- At some time prior to 1962, the unit again changed to 8-inch howitzer towed.
- NOTE: These episode titles are subject to change at any time prior to broadcast.
- It had accumulated a total of 18,850 hours of operating time prior to the accident flight.
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- The lists above should include all local authorities which existed prior to 1989.
- All of these material objects "existed prior to and continue alongside mechanized industry.
- This resulted in a generally more Russianised Ukrainian than had existed prior to the Soviet Union.
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- She was a model prior to entering the movie industry.
- Cloud for two years prior to entering business.
- Shannon had a boyfriend, Jim, prior to entering the house.
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- In "Flook" the implementation was conceded to be conventional and no departure from the prior art.
- Clark then examined the prosecution history and prior art of both sets of patents involved in the case.
- The prior art, however, is predominantly a long history of failure to solve the problem by heat treatment.
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- The winner of the race, Amini Fonua, broke the Pacific Games record he set six hours prior.
- If the patient chooses to have the sedation, they can’t eat or drink 4–6 hours prior to the procedure.
- Joe DiMaggio took Marilyn Monroe on a stroll at the park in the hours prior to their marriage at City Hall.
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- The act does not also apply to adoptions that took place prior to the date of enactment.
- The summer transfer window began on 1 July 2018, although a few transfers took place prior to that date.
- The winter transfer window opened on 1 January 2009, although a few transfers took place prior to that date.
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- The site was first claimed and posted by David Thompson several years prior.
- There had long been speculation about the eventual partnership for several years prior.
- As an administrative district of the NWT it had ceased to function several years prior to division.
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- For the period prior to Augustine's arrival in 597, Bede drew on earlier writers, including Solinus.
- For a period prior to her marriage, she lived in New York City as worked as a buyer for a fashion company.
- Marnell had released a full video part in Almost's "5-Incher" during the six-month period prior to his death.
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- The album reached 203,000 pre-orders prior to release.
- A teaser video was released onto YouTube prior to release on June 7, 2013.
- Not all programmers decide to replace the assets in their software prior to release, though.
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- Episodes from prior years are still shown on various PBS stations in the US.
- Next, the amounts allocated to prior years after 1986 are excluded from current year taxable income.
- In 2013, Sammartino accepted an invitation for induction into the Hall of Fame, after having declined several times in prior years.
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- The diagnosis can also be made prior to birth via ultrasound.
- He was made prior there in 1969 and served as such until 1976.
- Several prototypes were made prior to the creation of the company.
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- He left the team prior to the end of his contract to join the Williams Formula One.
- It was home to the Redskins college football team prior to the Yager Stadium opening in 1983.
- Hogan joined the Tipperary intermediate team prior to the start of the 2016 Munster Championship.
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- This all came out after Dolan threatened to ban a fan from the arena for yelling at him to "sell the team" a few days prior.
- The show was cancelled by Talkradio on 3 June 2019 following an allegedly anti-Semitic tweet Galloway made a few days prior.
- A few days prior to the elections, a radical Islamic leader called on Muslims to vote for former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
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- It was built prior to 1754 by and first operated by a Jerseyman named Decartaret.
- It was built prior to 1791 on a land grant given to William Armstrong in the 1780s.
- This is untrue as the fort with its current design was built prior to the evolution of the star fort design.
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- For decades prior to 2018, the MPD wore light blue shirts.
- For two decades prior to the impeachment, Parliament had dealt with the Indian issue.
- Nearly all of the buildings are of log construction and date from the two decades prior to the turn of the century.
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- Gilead Baptist Church in Fort Worth prior to moving to Chicago.
- He lived for a while in the Jordan household prior to moving to Chicago.
- Musician Matt Chicoine (aka Recloose) lived in Titahi Bay prior to moving to Auckland.
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- To view the population data for each specific area prior to 1890 see:
- This is the only name known to have been used to describe the area prior to European settlement.
- Soon after, they were forced to leave because of rising tensions in the area prior to the American Revolution.
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- He had previously collapsed during a game a few months prior.
- This map was reprinted in US News & World Report a few months prior to the 2004 election.
- This consist had only been introduced a few months prior, with a DERM usually being rostered.
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- South Korean law bars contacts with Communists without prior approval.
- The last activity involves large scale destruction of forest, for which prior approval of the Centre is necessary.
- The settlement plan received prior approval from the official committee of unsecured creditors in the bankruptcy case.
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- Like the prior season, Iowa went 3–1 in trophy games, and finished with eight wins.
- The Indians opened Jacobs Field in 1994 with the aim of improving on the prior season's sixth-place finish.
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- Zeman took lead in January 2013 after debates held prior to voting.
- Qualifying is held prior to each race, but is difficult because only one lap is given.
- He wanted to end the controversy related to where the wake would be held prior to burial.
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- Ragnhild's will is known from 1513, and she is regarded to have died a few years prior.
- A few years prior in 1907, she was a founding member of Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.
- This manifesto mostly restates the ideas described in Leo Tremblay's first book published a few years prior.
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- While fewer in number, the positive reviews provided higher praise than for the band's prior work.
- The soundtrack is notable for having been composed by Neil Voss, known for his prior work on Tetrisphere and The New Tetris.
- The relationship between "The Diothas" and "Looking Backward" is complicated by another prior work, "The Great Romance" (1881).
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- It is a metabolite of etretinate, which was used prior to the introduction of acitretin.
- 6 weeks later, the French entry's postcard was filmed there, to be used prior to their song.
- This process is analogous to the Type II Basic and Type I Advanced certifications used prior to 2006.
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- The first burials occurred prior to the cemetery's official opening.
- Adler postulates that the visit must have occurred prior to Saladin's capture of Jerusalem in 1187.
- There were several tests that occurred prior to the first spraying affiliated with Operation LAC that proved the concept of large-area coverage.
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- He would have an awful season prior to this event and used it to springboard a comeback.
- On November 21, 2019, the show was renewed for a second season prior to the first season's debut.
- The 2012 Red Sox' .426 winning percentage was the lowest for a team in a season prior to a World Series championship.
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- Gjonaj also lectured at the University of Tirana prior to taking public office.
- (It is possible that law enforcement may be required to obtain a search warrant prior to taking this sample.)
- Immediately prior to taking up his post, he was United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.
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- Mir village was founded sometime prior to 1345.
- He may have served as suffect consul sometime prior to AD 275.
- The fanlight was removed by the military sometime prior to 2016.
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- Bilcock and Copping left Hexagon prior to making "Eliza Fraser".
- In 1894 he converted to Islam prior to making a pilgrimage to Mecca.
- The Justice Minister spoke with Zunera by telephone to tell her the news prior to making her official announcement.
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- The typical dose is 1.5 mg/kg IV given three minutes prior to intubation.
- The doors open 30 minutes prior to show start due to guests coming in and taking their seats.
- The IRA gave telephone warnings 50 minutes prior from a phone operator in Portadown, Northern Ireland.
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- John Simon produced and arranged "Don't Go Away" prior to leaving to produce Janis Joplin.
- Then, an alternate entrance to Crystal Springs Country Club appears prior to leaving Hardyston Twp.
- He appeared twice in the following season, 2016–17, prior to leaving the club on loan in July 2017.
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- Major fundraising was conducted for nearly a decade prior to the opening of the museum.
- This effectively allowed CP to reacquire the same lines it had sold only a decade prior.
- Throughout the decade prior to the club's formation, combined parish teams were entered in various competitions.
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- 20th Century Fox bought the film rights prior to publication.
- Dickens removed many of these references prior to publication.
- During the papacy of Pius XII, all articles were reviewed prior to publication by the Secretariat of State.