formerly
adverb
for·mer·ly
ˈfȯr-mər-lē 
ˈfȯr-mə-
1
: at an earlier time : previously
2
obsolete
: just before
Examples of formerly in a Sentence
He was formerly a congressman.
the newspaper formerly known as “The Newsprint”
Recent Examples on the Web
The series largely focuses on the stories of two different pairs of sisters who worked with Shinn—the influencers Melanie Wilking and Miranda Derrick (formerly Wilking) and Melanie and Priscylla Lee.
—
Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 29 May 2024
Glover’s tightly edited page on X (formerly Twitter) features fewer than 20 posts, but one of them is a tribute to Latukolan.
—Margaret Fuhrer, New York Times, 28 May 2024
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Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 29 May 2024
Glover’s tightly edited page on X (formerly Twitter) features fewer than 20 posts, but one of them is a tribute to Latukolan.
—Margaret Fuhrer, New York Times, 28 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for formerly
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“Formerly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/formerly. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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formerly
adverb
for·mer·ly
ˈfȯr-mər-lē
: at an earlier time : previously
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