Earlier
Earlier adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
In the future
Both terms in one sentence
- This is the key focus of the book, since Kuntsler believes in peak oil...in fact, the novel is basically a fictional look at life in the future Kuntsler posited in his earlier non-fiction book The Long Emergency.
Source: Literature / World Made by Hand -
Meanwhile, in the Future: You can watch and issue commands from any point within a short interval, so it's possible to, say, attack your opponent in the present in order to distract them from an attack that you're about to have begun a minute earlier.
Source: Video Game / Achron -
Brick Joke: Following his earlier time travel escapade in Opposite Day 2013, Aaron Rodgers successfully time travels again in "NFL QBs on Spacebook", traveling 26 years in the future....when he meant to only travel one week to stop Russell Wilson from winning Super Bowl XLVIII.
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