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Now and before this are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Now" instead an adverb phrase "Before this".

Now adverb - At the present time.

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Before this and now are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Before this" instead an adverb "Now".

Before this, Bartleby lampshades Loki's change of heart by explaining since his wings were cut off and he became human, he now has a conscience.

Source: Film / Dogma
Now you only have time to wet your pants, as they slowly lower this huge cage on you, before this abomination rips the chains off himself, and starts stomping on you.

Source: Wake-Up Call Boss
Before this series Genre Shift it wasn't really touched upon, but now since becoming a battle manga, she's starting to become a Deconstruction of overpowered main characters with more sure to follow.

Source: Hard Work Hardly Works

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Now and Before this. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/before_this/now

Before this & Now. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/before_this/now>.

Now or Before this. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/before_this/now.

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