Formerly and This time

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Formerly adverb - At an earlier or previous time.

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This time and formerly are semantically related In some cases you can use "This time" instead an adverb "Formerly".

Nearby Word: former

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Formerly and this time are semantically related in in the past topic. You can use "Formerly" instead an adverb phrase "This time".

This time around, Shiro (formerly a Norwegian man named Sven Holgersson) is Japanese and given his original name from GoLion, Takashi Shirogane.

Source: Race Lift / Mixed Race Or Miscellaneous
Then it turns out that he was dead, and the guy who's been pretending to be him all this time is Obito Uchiha (who was not only thought to be dead, but was also formerly Kakashi's teammate).

Source: Walking Spoiler
This time, it featured both the Collective Unconscious (see Real Life folder above) and The Internet a.k.a The Wired (formerly in the Real Life folder below)

Source: Assimilation Plot

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