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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

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 Fisk, Wilbur

None of the arguments with which we have yet met have succeeded in making miracles in the least degree antecedently credible.

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

The new organization, moreover, is not determined by a mechanism antecedently provided, but has a peculiar flexibility, so as to meet the demands of a new situation.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

Such statements are antecedently, and, indeed, coming from an unknown writer and without corroboration, are absolutely incredible, and no means exist of ascertaining what original tradition may have assumed this mythical character.

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