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early on

ADJECTIVE
premature
Synonyms
STRONGEST
immature incomplete untimely
WEAK
a bit previous abortive embryonic forward green inopportune overearly oversoon precipitate predeveloped previous raw soon unanticipated undeveloped unfledged unripe
Antonyms
WEAK
backward careful cautious delayed late mature overdue prepared slow
ADJECTIVE
untimely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ill-timed improper premature undue unfortunate
WEAK
a bit previous abortive anachronistic awkward badly timed bright and early disagreeable early early bird inauspicious inconvenient inexpedient inopportune intrusive malapropos mistimed out-of-date overearly oversoon previous soon too early too late unfavorable unfit unlucky unpropitious unseasonable unseemly unsuitable unsuited wrong
Antonyms
STRONGEST
appropriate good suitable
WEAK
opportune timely

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Search and rescue operations were ongoing early on Saturday as emergency services inspected buildings for damage.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The total number of missing in Tibet is now at 554, with seven people confirmed dead, China's Xinhua news agency reported early on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

“I knew early on that I wanted to have my own company and publish my own songs,” she wrote in “Dolly Parton, Songteller.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Alexis Mac Allister: Back in the starting XI and played a lovely reverse ball for Cody Gakpo early on.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Mom told me those types of pregnancies frequently miscarry early on, but not always.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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