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The company also gave an early look at what to expect for next year, modeling 27% growth in adjusted net revenue to $6.4 billion in 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
He hadn’t pitched in a game since early July after succumbing to what appeared to be a season-ending shoulder injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
If the West Hollywood City Council approves the La Brea tower, CIM would start preliminary development work with the intention of breaking ground late next year or in early 2028.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
I've now taken a different career path but becoming an engineer in F1 was my ultimate ambition when I was applying for university in the early 2010s, inspired by BBC's live coverage.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“What drive-in? This early? Where did you go?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"The later crops, the second earlies, are more a concern, because they're at tuber initiation stage," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2023
Circumcising babies when they are at their earlies stage of development-imprinting every experience- is bad medicine.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 12, 2012
After Panetta met with the Washington Post’s David Ignatius earlies this month, the columnist wrote that “Panetta believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June.”
From Time ● Feb. 23, 2012
If you, like me, have long been befuddled by potato planting classifications – earlies, second earlies, maincrop, lates – this podcast is revelatory.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2010
The alcalde will be please' to accommodate at the earlies'.
From The Ne'er-Do-Well by Rex Ellingwood Beach
On a per-share basis, the loss shrank to 26 cents from $7.14 a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
In the third quarter that ended Sept. 30, profits fell 43% from the same period a year earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The maker of specialty glass, ceramics, and optical fiber posted net income of $680 million, or 78 cents a share, up from $430 million, or 50 cents a share, a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
“It seems clear Anthropic pulled ahead of OpenAI earlier this year and has maintained that lead,” said Ross Hendricks, senior equity analyst at Porter & Co., a research firm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
As I go to sleep I see him walk by wearing only long underwear and he looks the same as the man who saved me in the Burn and earlier when I was sick.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
The 709 BCE event is regarded as the earliest explicit written record of a total solar eclipse that can be securely dated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
This dates back to the earliest days of the Israeli state when the Haredim were a miniscule community of survivors struggling to rebuild from the near extinction of the Holocaust.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, a longtime friend of Roy’s and among her earliest endorsers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Khyliuk, a journalist, was held in the earliest days of the invasion, when Russian troops advanced towards the capital Kyiv.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
These include the earliest dated set of European navigation instruments found thus far: compasses, protractors, calipers, sounding leads, tide calculators, and a device for calculating speed called a log reel.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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