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"previously believed" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing something that people or a group of people had once accepted as true, but is now known to be false or inaccurate. For example: "Previously believed to be a myth, new evidence has proven that the lake monster is in fact real."
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Not, as previously believed, a size 14.
It's also much more widespread than was previously believed.
Auto sales surge and productivity grows faster than previously believed.
And delinquency rates look worse than previously believed.
And sulfur, they add, may turn out to play a smaller role than previously believed.
Nor does the penis – or, if it does, sex research could be trickier than previously believed.
He was a spectacular fielder, making catches and throws that people previously believed were impossible.
He also argued that Kelly could have taken far less co-proxamol tablets than previously believed.
The discovery suggests the equipment problems on planes are more widespread than previously believed.
Thus the climate situation may be even more, not less urgent than previously believed.
The report also showed that job growth in December and January was worse than previously believed.
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