Formerly and Yet

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Formerly

Formerly adverb - At an earlier or previous time.
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Yet and formerly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yet" instead an adverb "Formerly".
Nearby Word: former

Yet

Yet adverb - Up to this or that time.
Usage example: she had yet to accomplish a single thing
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Formerly and yet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formerly" instead an adverb "Yet".

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  • Ayn Rand's We the Living begins in 1922, when the protagonist's formerly wealthy family moves back to Petrograd (not yet renamed Leningrad) after trying to wait out the Revolution in Crimea.
    Source: Useful Notes / The Soviet Twenties
  • Snoop Dogg, formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg, demonstrated a stoned, laid-back flow atypical of most MCs, and yet it fit perfectly with the g-funk era and has made him an icon to this day.
    Source: Music of Note
  • Film / The Last Wave Wasteland Elder: Charlie's tribe that formerly lived where Sydney is now is almost completely wiped out, and its culture is all but forgotten, yet the Aborigines look up to him.
    Source: Film / The Last Wave
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