before

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We have been here before over the past six weeks.

From BBC

New research from Johns Hopkins University shows that artificial intelligence systems built with designs inspired by biology can begin to resemble human brain activity even before they are trained on any data.

From Science Daily

The results show that before roughly 2520 BCE, the area would have been unsuitable for permanent settlement.

From Science Daily

They argued that this transfer could only have occurred early in Earth's history, before the planet developed a magnetic field.

From Science Daily

The work, published in PNAS, shows that HHS can directly probe solute-solvent interactions in liquid solutions, something that had not been possible before.

From Science Daily