Already
Already adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
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Erstwhile
Erstwhile adverb - At an earlier or previous time.
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However, the erstwhile producers determined that the Cowsills, while musically talented, were not charismatic enough to carry a television series except for the youngest girl; furthermore, they felt the children were all already too grown up for their plans.
Source: Series / The Partridge Family -
Berserk Button: Bray Wyatt has found out (or, to be honest, already knew) that bringing up Ambrose's erstwhile father (who's in prison and was apparently either neglectful of Ambrose as a child, or simply absent from his adolescent years) is the most volatile of any berserk buttons that Ambrose has.
Source: Wrestling / Dean Ambrose
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