thitherto

/ˈθɪðərˌtu/
adverb
  1. Up until that time; before that point.
    • The company had thitherto focused only on domestic markets.
    • The manuscript contained information thitherto unknown to historians.
    • Thitherto, no one had successfully climbed the mountain in winter.
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