previous era

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meaningsofpreviousandera

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previous
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/us
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/
happening or existing before something or ...
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era
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪə.rə/us
/ˈer.ə/us
/ˈɪr.ə/
a period of time of which particular events or stages of development ...
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(Definition ofpreviousanderafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In practically no society do people actually use language according to the rules that have been devised, rules which often date from apreviousera.
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The result is a dichotomy between recognised and recalcitrant indigenous subjects, which confronts the indigenous rights movement as a ' menace ' even greater than the assimilationist policies of thepreviousera.
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They also provide evidence on how the most recent period of international history has changed in some regards, while remaining the same in others, compared to thepreviousera.
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Happily, capital punishment has not been used recently, although it would have been carried out in certain cases in apreviousera.
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They served apreviouseraand are a bygone reflection of the economic and social needs of this country.
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Yes, it is an embarrassed carry-over from apreviousera, but that is hardly the real reason.
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We are in a period of reaction against apreviousera.
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By following that principle, and updating legislation made for apreviousera, we have made this country more prosperous.
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These matters of controversy which dominated politics of apreviouserawere largely non-economic.
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That results from thepreviouserawhich we have enjoyed of low material costs.
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Older miners and pensioners in particular remember what it was like in the industry during thepreviouseraof private ownership.
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We have also heard speeches that seemed curiously redolent of apreviouserawhen prejudice, stereotypes and divisiveness were in the ascendancy.
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Anyone who believes that we should maintain a level of naval armament most appropriate to thepreviouserais, in my view deluding himself.
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We believe that question to be perfectly sincere and a correct one to put but that it is based on apreviouserain the pattern of taxation.
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However, over and above these general policies, every country needs to reform the system itself, which has been inherited from apreviouseraof industrial development.
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It seems to me that modern movement of information technology will bring about changes as great in the education system as did printing in apreviousera.
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Professional writers from thepreviouserawere growing middle-aged, biding their time, and hoping for the monarchy to be restored.
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It is an object that represents apreviouseraor time period in human society.
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Land warfare moved from visual-range and semi person-to-person combat of thepreviousera, to indiscriminate and impersonal, beyond visual range warfare.
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The duo also utilized vintage equipment to recreate the sound of an artist from apreviousera.
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