Back and Prior to

Back

Back adverb - Earlier than the present time.

Prior to and back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prior to" instead an adverb "Back".

Prior to

Prior to preposition - Earlier than.

Back and prior to are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Back" instead an adverb phrase "Prior to".

Both terms in one sentence

  • He's Back aka: Shes Back Prior to the events of the story, she was quite friendly and happy... until she was killed and came back as a ghost.
  • Kiwi Ngô Mai Trang & Đỗ Hoàng Dương had put up 5 back to back leg wins prior to the penultimate leg, but multiple cab failures caused them to fall behind and be eliminated.
  • De-Power aka: Depowered Similarly, Sylar lost all of his powers prior to Volume 2, got his two main ones (telekinesis and understanding how things work) back at the end, and has been expanding his collection ever since.
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