Formerly
Formerly adverb - At an earlier or previous time.
These days is an antonym for formerly.
Nearby Word: former
These days
Both terms in one sentence
- Cody Rhodes, formerly of Team Rhodes Scholars with Damien Sandow, is very well groomed, constantly smiles, and has a lot of white on his jacket these days.
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Formerly the "mass production" site for the Manhattan Project's nuclear material, these days Hanford is essentially a massive government project to clean up everything.
Source: No OSHA Compliance -
Formerly the 50s was considered a weak era for Hollywood, these days a growing contingent considers it the greatest period of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Source: The Fifties
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