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'current or former' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a person or thing that is or was in some specified condition. For example: "This study investigates the working conditions of current and former factory workers."
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Eighty percent, she estimates, are current or former drug abusers.
All 17 sellers were current or former union officials.
If they were a current or former Everton player.
In winning the Republican nomination, Trump beat out five current or former senators and nine current or former governors.
Several were current or former policemen and intelligence operatives.
To date, 18 current or former cops have been charged.
Four current or former employees also face criminal charges.
His honorary pallbearers included 18 current or former senators.
Any current or former Slide owners care to comment?
Are you a current or former disabled student?
For example, patients with COPD had more severe obstruction and included more current or former smokers.
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