Sentence examples for formerly significant from inspiring English sources

And how long before you can speak fondly, or ill, of a formerly significant other without being suspected of still carrying either a torch or a grudge?

The mosaic is baffling in its complexity: the cultures have interpenetrated one another as a result of constant migratory movements and through intertribal relations, leading to the obliteration of formerly significant differences, and to new cultural systems made up of elements of heterogeneous origin.

As a formerly significant US figure said in the context of a different Gulf: there are known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.

The only differences emerging between the two models were that (1) the formerly marginally significant path from E to tobacco use at age 15 became significant; (2) cannabis use at age 15 was not significantly related to E any longer; and (3) the formerly marginally significant path from GSE to cannabis use at age 24 turned significant.

"What formerly required significant overhead to be successful is now trivial," said Nicco Mele, who teaches classes on the Internet and politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and is the author of the book "The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath".

Michigan is essentially McCain's only hope at this point of gaining a significant formerly Democratic state (thank you DNC for your ineptitude in handling that primary problem, and Hillary Clinton for exacerbating it after all was lost), and even there he is behind Obama.

Formerly, PEDs without significant growth were not considered as an indication for treatment in the case of absence of intra- or subretinal fluid in neovascular AMD under prior anti-VEGF treatment.

Or maybe you and the person formerly known as your significant other regularly rocked out to "Purple Rain," and now the entire Prince discography is tainted.

Formerly home to a significant army presence due to its strategic position close to the Turkish border, Azaz fell under rebel control in March 2012, leading to a government counter-assault on the town in July 2012 and further, intermittent government shelling that has taken its toll on the town's population and cityscape.

But the site this week announced another significant hire, Brendan Frederick, formerly of Complex, who joins other respected hip-hop journalists including Rob Markman (from MTV News), and John Kennedy, formerly of Vibe.

A large share of automotive innovations consists of significant improvements in formerly pure mechanical systems which are made possible using integrated electronics together with complex information processing.