Prior
Prior adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Prior to starting the game, the planet is intact, but returning to the screen after the intro instead shows the planet shattered.
Source: Evolving Credits - Prior to the comic starting, he had also provided similar education to Robot Buddy Helix.
Source: Sensei for Scoundrels - Happily Married: She tells us that she is, but everything in her life prior to the starting of her book was wholly supervised by her husband.
Source: Just For Fun / Serra Elinsen
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