Used in a Sentence

formerly

How to use formerly in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for formerly.

Editorial note

I work at a well-known and [formerly? ] successful casual game company.

Examples13
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of formerly gathered in one view.

adverb

at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for formerly.

adverb

at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";

Example sentences

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I work at a well-known and [formerly? ] successful casual game company.

2

As of today, we're using their formerly premiere product. And if we wanted to upgrade to their premiere product, we'd lose completely essential feature.

3

We would formerly critique on a regular basis in class. > I don't doubt they had a good time, but seeing them utterly fail to use the drug as a tool kinda makes me skeptical of the productive benefits.

4

They have also mobilized many first time voters, and re-energized many people who had formerly abandoned voting. 4.

5

How far has fallen the formerly great, but now Murdoch owned and controlled Wall Street Journal. I was a subscriber for years, but gave up a few years ago when the quality plummeted and objectivity flew out the window.

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Directly, by reclassifying a bunch of formerly criminal drug users as just drug users. But also indirectly: it makes them cheap, which makes them unattractive targets for organized crime.

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He was formerly funded by Y Combinator and sold his company Auctomatic to Canadian company Live Current Media at age 22. In 2010 he was named as the first new partner at Y Combinator since its founding in 2005, aged 25.

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Com, formerly Hotmail, states that, "We may access information about you, including the content of your communications... to protect the rights or property of Microsoft."

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England, February 2014: In other news, the Internet Service Providers' Association announced today that no major English ISP now relies on Verisign, the US company formerly responsible for administering major domains such as . com and .

10

This is going to be one of those wonderful games of iterated group prisoner's dilemma, in which one member of a formerly functioning cartel has just publicly announced an intention to always play Defect.

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The surveillance machinery formerly known as Total Information Awareness is being built and fielded with or without the consent of the governed and most definitely without the consent of those of us who don't happen to be "US Persons". The only solution is for you to demand your correspondents use strong encryption and for all of us to help the less technically adept to reach the point where that is not an obstacle.

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The definition of an enemy for the state always includes some of its citizens, so you end up with scope creep where formerly completely illegal and unthinkable acts are considered normal, just because the word terrorism has been used in conjunction with a person or organisation.

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I'm not a fan of freezing the assets of someone and then overwhelming their legal defense, but this puts the formerly privileged in the same situation that the poor have -- if you think this is unjust because it deprives people of adequate legal council then you should also believe it is injust that the accused poor also have a lack of adequate representation, but you'll never see that presented in Forbes.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use formerly in a sentence?

I work at a well-known and [formerly? ] successful casual game company.

What does formerly mean?

at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";

What part of speech is formerly?

formerly is commonly used as adverb.