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UNTIL NOW
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
Example:
the sun isn't up yet
Synonyms:
as yet; heretofore; hitherto; so far; thus far; til now; until now; up to now; yet
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Context examples:
However, up until now helium had not been detected on exoplanets - despite searches for it.
(Hubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time, ESA/Hubble)
This suggested to scientists that the channels might also be filled with liquid, but a direct detection had not been made until now.
(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)
Excitement surrounding the potential of VS2 has been growing in recent years, but until now, researchers had been challenged by its instability—a characteristic that would lead to short battery life.
(Creating Better Lithium-Ion Batteries Made Possible with New Discovery, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Yes; but there came a man who laid freely the other way, and he started others taking the odds, until now you can get even money.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Until now, the reason for a link between stress and heart disease has been unclear.
(Biological Link Found Between Stress, Heart Disease, VOA)
Until now, scientists had estimated the mass of an individual stellar black hole in our galaxy at no more than 20 times that of the sun.
(Unpredicted stellar black hole discovered by astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
I had my chance, and, starting from that point, I have woven my net round him until now it is all ready to close.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To rest his head in a girl's lap had been the easiest thing in the world until now, and now he found Ruth's lap inaccessible and impossible.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
While dark matter concentrations have been detected around large- and medium-sized galaxies, much smaller clumps of dark matter have not been found until now.
(Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Find Dark Matter in Small Clumps, NASA)
For that matter, though not amative to any considerable degree so far as I have discovered, I was never outside the atmosphere of women until now.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
