Just before program vs Just prior to program

Both phrases are correct and can be used interchangeably. They both mean the same thing and are commonly used in English.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 816 views

Just before program

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase means something happening immediately preceding the program. It is a common and straightforward way to express the timing of an event.

Examples:

I saw him just before the program started.
She arrived just before the program began.

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Just before you left my house...
Hikers found the body just before sunset.
Casey stayed until just before closing.
Hurst rerouted the bus just before departure.
Wilfred died of leukemia just before Yom Kippur.
Just before everything got... amplified.
Freeman visited Jack Ramsay just before his death.
They hit us just before dawn outside Montecatini.
Sunday morning, just before dawn.
Just before the soldiers started shooting...
Jerome died just before our 51st anniversary.
Just before I started controlling your limbs.
Just before his marriage went south.
Gideon saw Jane just before Frank called him.
Just before noon tomorrow, my army attacks.
Just before death the German administered insulin.
Just before the tyre blew out.
Husband found her just before midnight.

Alternatives:

right before the program
immediately before the program
shortly before the program
moments before the program
a moment before the program

Just prior to program

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase also means something happening immediately preceding the program. It is a slightly more formal way to express the timing of an event.

Examples:

He left just prior to the program starting.
The meeting was canceled just prior to the program.

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Lieutenant Roth was beaten and shot just prior to his suicide.
I will commend the Khan just prior to taking his head.
He saw someone enter the back of the building just prior to the shooting.
I received a memo from my superior officers just prior to calling this meeting.
Most of these patients took medication just prior to going to bed.
Just prior to the election for state's attorney.
Witnesses described him as being disoriented and possibly hallucinating just prior to the accident.
Just prior to leaving for Sofia President Pöttering met relatives of the nurses.
There was an unidentifiable energy spike just prior to your arrival.
Stan was with him just prior to the accident.
Oscar had reprogrammed Lenez's entire decontamination system just prior to entering the building.
Special attention must be paid to securing the external borders just prior to enlargement.
Solutions of test chemicals and control should be prepared just prior to testing, using an appropriate vehicle.
Solutions of test chemicals and control or reference compounds should be prepared just prior to testing, using an appropriate vehicle.
The tyre pressure should be checked just prior to testing at ambient temperature and adjusted if required.
This took place just prior to the shooting, so
Okay, so that's Collins's flight just prior to arrival at the gate.
We've heard evidence that Mr Paddick took a call just prior to the attack.
Just prior to my family's death.
Well, they say they've got evidence of Dermot Matthews making an unauthorised entry to the plant just prior to the explosion.

Alternatives:

right prior to the program
immediately prior to the program
shortly prior to the program
moments prior to the program
a moment prior to the program

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Just before program vs Just prior to program