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Even the episodic recaps are announced as "antecedently on 'Fargo'" because "previously" is . . . basic, I guess.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2020

The evidence which is actually produced, however, so far from satisfying these legitimate anticipations, lacks every one of the qualifications which reason antecedently declares to be necessary.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels

They deny that there is any thing in the nature of man, antecedently to his act of willing, that possesses a moral character.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Wilbur Fisk

Marlo recognises, therefore, antecedently to labour the right to existence, and this right he proposes to realize for the weak and disabled by means of a compulsory system of national insurance.

From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae

The defect in enumeration, certainly so great in 1870 and almost certainly present in less degree in 1890, is very easy to understand and antecedently probable.

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by William Benjamin Smith


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