back then

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back then

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At that time, at the time referred to in the past. On the East and West Coast Main Lines in the 1950s/60s, for example, we saw the extinction of intermediate stations in order to create the same sort of accelerations that IRP is now promising. Back then, the priority was faster main line services, with wayside/intermediate stations paying the ultima

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prep_phrase at that time

Español	por ese entonces, por aquel entonces

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"back then." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/back%20then. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"back then." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/back%20then.

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@misc{back_then_2026,
  title = {back then},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/back%20then},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}