- superlative of early.
earliest
Example Sentences
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Normally these organoids live for a few months, meaning they can only offer a window into the earliest stages of human brains, which take nearly 20 years to fully develop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
U.S. carriers aren’t scheduled to resume services to Israel until the fall at the earliest, meaning that Americans have to find other ways to get there, often transiting through Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
By tracing the origins of enzymes during the earliest split between bacteria and archaea, the researchers found evidence that free-living cells may have originated independently twice.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
This is not expected to be the case until Friday at the earliest.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
There was no question of McKissick’s own brilliance: he had helped design one of the earliest sustained sit-down protests against Jim Crow and helped to guide the most famous of these efforts—the Greensboro lunch-counter protest.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
