Earlier
Earlier adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
Just now
Just now adverb - Only a moment ago.
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Which is doubly funny when you realize that it's in response to an insult hurled by Foreman at Chase about a minute earlier, and Chase is just now coming up with an insult to throw back.
Source: Sophisticated as Hell
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Just now and Earlier. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/earlier/just_now
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