10
before(adverb, preposition, conjunction, earlier, priority)
7
previously(adverb, priority)
4
prior to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, priority)
3
ahead
3
anteriorly(adverb, back, earlier, before, ahead)
3
beforehand(adverb, priority)
3
earlier
3
ere
3
formerly
2
aforetime(adverb, back, earlier, before, ahead)
2
antecedently(back, earlier, before, ahead, previously)
2
beyond everything
2
heretofore
2
instead of(expression, conjunction, before, ere)
2
more willingly than(expression, idiom, conjunction, before, ere)
2
sooner than(expression, preposition, conjunction, before, by)
2
theretofore
1
aforehand
1
along
1
already
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