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Among the earliest to scale online retail – and with a clear vision of how the internet could revolutionise shopping with convenience and speed – it captured market share faster than many rivals.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

OpenAI allowed employees to sell up to $30 million worth of shares each in a recent financing, making them some of the earliest financial winners of the AI boom.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

An international research team studying fossils from the site found evidence that Australopithecus and the earliest known members of Homo lived in the same region between about 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

"The company continues to assess the earliest appropriate market window," Alary said in a statement to AFP.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Already the night was less inky than before, and the earliest of the early birds had taken to the treetops and were chirping their sunrise songs.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood