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One of the earliest scripts she wrote was a greeting for users returning home, which she wanted to feel like the "warmest welcome in the whole wide world."

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

These environments could have generated the earliest MN-zymes, including metals/noble metals, metal oxides, and sulfide NPs.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

One of his earliest memories was his father telling him, “You have to get an education and get out of here,” he said in a 1997 interview with The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"Families deserve clarity about the qualifications, training and safeguarding standards of those caring for their children, particularly during the earliest and most vulnerable stages of a child's life," Bell and Culley told the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Still, even in the earliest record Zeus had grandeur.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton