previous
(informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions").
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Shares falter, oil prices stay elevated as US-Iran hostilities ramp up – The Irish Times https://www.europesays.com/iran/98321/ Stocks fell in Asia on Tuesday while oil prices retreated after the previous day’s surg…
2️⃣ The previous team assumed bidirectional sync — reasonable for a CRM/billing integration. They scoped for it, priced for it, built their estimate around it. We asked: "What does the data actually need to do when i…
The previous general alert at SBY has been closed. #AvGeek
I started a HSR enemy collection, similar to the boys collection. I'll update it periodically. I've moved my previous enemy characters to it and added a new one. For more details please refer to the page smutba.se/pr…
Coupled with game systems getting stale and long in the tooth, DT was not as well recieved as previous expansions. It doesn't mean it was terrible, it just wasn't up to the standard that had been set.
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(informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions").
It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.
“Shares falter, oil prices stay elevated as US-Iran hostilities ramp up – The Irish Times https://www.europesays.com/iran/98321/ Stocks fell in Asia on Tuesday while oil prices retreated after the previous day’s surge but remained well…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Coupled with game systems getting stale and long in the tooth, DT was not as well recieved as previous expansions. It doesn't mean it was terrible, it just wasn't up to the standard that had been set.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Following up from previous post ... bsky.app/profile/bjke... ... the results of the study.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“2b865bdd979c52a8c5d887feb112ee8ec3811b15d939e65c28c7999e8f2f90c1 Previous Hashes: 8bfc1b7871bc07d8a929c514f0f2a590ee350c1c7876b1c826231de979716ddb (block 64319) 4cedd4ca7477c4899597feaf6a0436ebbc036cf9aeb0b34f0d011547a7c99fc9 (block 64318)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Previous Action: Random (no votes, chose up)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.
“2️⃣ The previous team assumed bidirectional sync — reasonable for a CRM/billing integration. They scoped for it, priced for it, built their estimate around it. We asked: "What does the data actually need to do when it moves between systems?"”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The previous general alert at SBY has been closed. #AvGeek”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I started a HSR enemy collection, similar to the boys collection. I'll update it periodically. I've moved my previous enemy characters to it and added a new one. For more details please refer to the page smutba.se/project/2427... She's big (Sparkle for scale),”
— Bluesky· May 2026“7f63aabf9a09a74cb46d61f57a0cba954aeb7593982bc7f776b08fe48ab0ed19 Previous Hashes: eb757894af2f179e8bbf4f0952da7723b90e5b0117944c8fc6b1b7459a664fef (block 64373) 0afb57144039ec43d2d5581f3d93faf9c15b8f2b69ebd43b9741a8f462992ef8 (block 64372)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“2026-05-05 23:48:35 - The South African government has revised the wholesale diesel price for May to R5.27 per liter from the previous price of R6.19 per liter.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(informal) ; acting or occurring too soon.
Putin’s answered by simply stating he did not believe Ukraine had honored the previous ceasefires Moscow had unilaterally called, and that Kyiv has said Moscow never respected either.
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