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Until now
Until now adverb - Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time.
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- He was also this in his home series despite showing up late in Legends 1, as the game takes a considerably darker turn when he shows up, especially in comparison to the villains the player had been fighting up until now.
Source: Knight Of Cerebus / Video Games - Saltim from Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg which is a hard game with hard bosses, yet Saltim is much easier than the levels and bosses before him, which is odd because he is fought rather late in the game, and until now the bosses have only been getting harder.
Source: Breather Boss -
The introduction to Better Late Than Never, about celebrities such as William Shatner traveling around Asia, states that Asia features "...exotic beauty, untold wonders, home to civilizations that have lasted for thousands of years (record needle scratch) until now."
Source: Record Needle Scratch
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Until now and Late. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/late/until_now
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Until now or Late. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/late/until_now.
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