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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'the one before' is correct and can be used in written English.
This phrase is usually used to refer to something that happened previously or briefly before something else. For example, "I already read the first book, so I'm starting with the one before."
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Every day in Peru is better than the one before!
The one before, in Portland, Oregon, was even better.
Every NDC must improve on the one before.
Every administration builds on the one before.
Each protest builds on the one before.
The one before that was on Nov. 27.
Or last, or the one before that, and so on.
"The one before that was in a shopping mall in Oregon, and the one before that was in a movie theater in Colorado.
And the one before.
The one before – the fiercer one.
The one before that was about adoption.
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