The phrase "arguably before" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you want to suggest that something can be debated or discussed in relation to a time frame.
Example: "The event took place, arguably before the major changes in policy were implemented."
Alternatives: "possibly prior to" or "potentially before".
Arguably, before the emergence of reflective judgement, children are equipped with a tacit filtering device.
First, they are a deeply embedded part of the higher education system, existing in some form since at least 1962 (and arguably before then).
Surely once we equalised (arguably before then would have been better) they needed to throw the kitchen sink at us and go for a winner?
Since Ron Paul's 2012 presidential campaign fizzled out and arguably before then libertarians like Broze have grown increasingly skeptical of the political process.
On the contrary, the higher up the electoral tower you go, the greater degree of buyers' remorse you are likely to uncover; and with it, the greater the possibility of rolling back the coalition – certainly in 2020 and arguably before.
Indeed, some of the hospitals flag sporadically in November and December, arguably before the influenza outbreak began in DC that year.
The time for the 1964 act had arguably come long before, and the bill was far from perfect.
Since Stanley Milgram's famous experiments on obedience to authority conducted in the early 1960s, and arguably long before that, it's been clear that the majority of people are unreliable judges of who to obey, who to follow, and who to treat as moral authority figures.
While the "one bad apple" narrative has been untenable ever since Festina – and arguably long before then for cycling historians – Armstrong ruthlessly exploited the sport's desire for a white knight who would sweep away the misdeeds of 1998 in the laughably named "Tour of Renewal".
Yet this far-sighted visionary, a man who was arguably born before his time, was one of the most original thinkers ever to come out of Wales.
For he who innovates will have for enemies all those who are well off under the old order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new". It's ironic that we're so bad at dealing with change, because it's something we face constantly--though arguably never before at the current rate.
