Before
Before adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
Right now
Right now adverb - At the present time.
Usage example: right now we are in the middle of a major home renovation
Both terms in one sentence
- Oh my God, she's so frail right now, it would be so easy for me... I take the die, throw it, take it back before it falls.
Source: Did They or Didn't They? -
Even better: just minutes before that we had Seth going "I am so tense right now... just (exhales) just relax." Cue the first Jump Scare.
Source: Web Video / React -
It is unknown right now whether the Rex we see in the present is at all like the Rex from before his blackouts.
Source: Identity Amnesia
Cite this Source
Right now and Before. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/before/right_now
Before & Right now. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/before/right_now>.
Right now or Before. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/before/right_now.
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