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previously (not comparable)

  1. (now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance.
  2. (with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time; already.
    The discovery of a previously unknown species had taken place nearly two years previously.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 239:
      Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, declares that to urinate in a spot where a dog has previously done so results in loss of virility.
    • 2019 August 10, Julie Brown, Veronica Penney, Daniel Chang, Sarah Blaskey, “Jeffrey Epstein is gone, but allegations against powerful associates linger”, in Tampa Bay Times‎[1]:
      In the lawsuit, Giuffre claimed she was forced to have sex with a “large amount of people,” some of whom had not previously been named including New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson […].
  3. (television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.

at an earlier time

recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series

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