Sentence examples for a prior from inspiring English sources

Having a prior head injury.

"That's a prior restraint".

Turnbull has a prior engagement.

None had a prior criminal record.

She had a prior commitment and declined.

In Bayesian language, something like a prior assumption.

We have two children, each by a prior marriage.

"The whole approach is a throwback to a prior era".

A prior assumption of zero probability can never be changed.

Did you have a prior background in science?

Presumably the Muppets' Swedish Chef had a prior engagement.