previously

He stood out in three ways－as a technologist, as a corporate （公司的）leader and as somebody who was able to make people love what had previously been impersonal, functional gadgets.

92 were found to have higher nicotine yields than they did six years previously.

As I sat blocked and clueless for two solid days, I momentarily wondered if I couldn't just call an expert on the subject matter which I was tackling, or someone who took the class previously, to get me going.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature had previously considered the area a "possible range" for the species, and local people had reported seeing lions in the area, but no one presented convincing evidence.

The result is that the commitments that previously characterized the beginning of adulthood are now being delayed, and new patterns of behavior and a new stage of life are emerging for those in their twenties.

The scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.

The team at Stanford investigated the aquifers below this depth, and found that reserves may be triple what was previously thought.

The TV station reported that by completing the swim the fourth-grade student from Los Banos broke a record previously held by a ten-year-old boy.

Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scan and read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly-paid human lawyers.

At a time when natural history was a valuable tool for discovery, Merian discovered facts about plants and Insects that were not previously known.

In fact, when Twenge previously used this data to suggest a screen time effect, some commentators were quick to raise this problem.

Satellite observations and submarine surveys over the past few years had shown less ice in the polar region, but the recent measurements show the loss is more pronounced than previously thought.

The company had previously announced the planned closures, but had not said which locations would be affected.

The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports.

And one of the easiest ways to segment a market is to magnify gender differences – or invent them where they did not previously exist.

These are people who may previously have felt the need to get a full-time job that provided insurance in order to cover themselves and their families.