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The phrase "as a formerly" is not correct and usable in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and does not convey a clear meaning in its current form.
Example: "As a formerly active member of the club, I have seen many changes."
Alternatives: "as a former" or "previously as".
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As a formerly loyal servant of the regime, he is as guilty as everyone else.
As a formerly Very Short Person, I found two of Hall's arguments especially interesting.
Jean-Michel Basquiat's reputation as a formerly homeless autodidact helped endear him to gallerists who prized edginess.
It took me until my 60s to realize that there is no such thing as a formerly beautiful woman.
LAST week we featured Argentina on our cover, as a formerly wealthy country undone by the weakness of its political institutions.
In the end, the ball did soar — out of the park and around the infield, too — as a formerly taut series turned untidy in its third game.
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Chances are, as a formerly-white person, you have been arrested too infrequently.
As a formerly-white person, it is likely that you have been deprived the experience of being unemployed because of your race.
This portion of the 19th arrondissement is known as Belleville, a formerly independent village that stretches south into the 20th arrondissement.
George Burr Macannan as Von Gelder, a formerly rich man who has fallen under Legendre's spell to become a zombie.
So when I heard Philip Seymour Hoffman doing Lester Bangs, I knew what it meant to be uncool as only a formerly cool person can know.
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