Beginning
Earliest
Earliest adjective - Coming before all others in time or order.
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One of the earliest examples of this was Cadillac Ben, who donated Earl the Caddy to the MythBusters at the beginning of season 2, with the intent of seeing it destroyed.
Source: Series / MythBusters - One of the earliest ones was smack in the beginning of the cover page of the first chapter.
Source: Foreshadowing / Anime and Manga -
Mark Wahlberg's earliest roles were teens, despite his acting career beginning in his early twenties.
Source: Teens Are Short
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Earliest and Beginning. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beginning/earliest
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Earliest or Beginning. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beginning/earliest.
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