During the previous century it was the most common name.

But I am looking at something from the previous century.

"A lot of trade was done here in previous centuries."

It was built at the beginning of the previous century.

I had worked with her briefly near the end of the previous century.

This article must have been written in a previous century.

In a previous century, she could have been a court musician.

This was an increase of over 500% from the numbers in the previous century.

Today, about 50,000 Americans are 100 or older, up from almost none at the turn of the previous century.

The city had emerged as a commercial center only in the previous century.