Until now and Yet

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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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Yet is a synonym for until now. In some cases you can use "Yet" instead an adverb phrase "Until now".

Yet adverb - Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time.

Usage example: the sun isn't up yet

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Until now is a synonym for yet in so far topic. You can use "Until now" instead an adverb "Yet", if it concerns topics such as up until now.

The clearest manifestation of this is that Tamisin is Titania and Bottom's child, and yet lived in modern day America — the pregnancy lasted from before Shakespeare's time until now.

Source: Year Outside, Hour Inside
Yet, nobody has been able to successfully harness even a fraction of the power of a god — until now.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Naruto For Want Of A Nail Fics
Irony: Out of the missions until now, this is the only one in which neither of the two targets is plotting to kill the other yet is the only one where you can make one of them do so.

Source: Video Game / Hitman (2016)

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