back then
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at a previous time in the past
- Back then, people didn’t have smartphones and relied on landlines.
- He remembers how simple things were back then, without all the modern technology.
- Back then, children played outside more often than they do now.
- They used to walk to school back then, long before school buses were common.
- Back then, the neighborhood was much quieter and less crowded.
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