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Earlier
Earlier adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
Both words in one sentence
- Similarly, panelists on The Unbelievable Truth have called back to jokes or topics from 'an earlier recording' or 'some time ago' instead of half an hour earlier that afternoon.
Source: Kayfabe -
Earlier, when he gets his memories back at the beginning of R2, you watch as his Geass comes back into his eye and he repeats the first scene where he got it.
Source: He's Back aka: Shes Back -
Instead, thanks to a story Jesse told him earlier, he decided that No One Gets Left Behind and drove back for Sam.
Source: Conscience Makes You Go Back
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