- comparative of early.
earlier
Example Sentences
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The Swanwick incident last month affected hundreds of thousands of passengers, with some sleeping on airport floors or getting stuck overseas earlier this month.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The three news outlets said earlier Monday that they were suing the Trump administration over the ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Gilbert had just celebrated his return to the stage in June after emergency surgery earlier this year to remove a brain tumor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The partnership comes after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay earlier this month calling for a slowdown in the development of leading-edge AI models.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Everyone had to hand in their radios earlier this year, and the only newspapers we can legally read are filled with Nazi propaganda.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
