But now
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Bryon Beaubien, formerly known as SuperPsyguy, owner of the once incredibly popular but now defunct website Fireball20xl, now makes Lets Plays on YouTube under the name Bit Polar.
Source: Lets Play / Bit Polar -
His father, Alan, expresses disappointment with the fact that to make way for them Jake tore down his formerly precious (but now uninteresting to him) Harry Potter posters.
Source: Poster-Gallery Bedroom - The most obvious explanation is that Saffron is making it up and hoping that the formerly devout but now-misotheist Mal won't notice.
Source: As the Good Book Says
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Formerly and But now. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 30, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/but_now/formerly
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