Earlier
Earlier adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
Yet
Yet adverb - At a later time.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Present Day Past: The series is set in the earlier 1980s yet there are a couple things that really shouldn't be back there.
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Irony: As stated above, he had anti-semitic views earlier in his life, yet he married a Jewish woman.
Source: Creator / H.P. Lovecraft -
Yet another episode had a badly burnt body being found inside the chimney of a guy previously found suspect of the murder of a teenage girl years earlier.
Source: Framing the Guilty Party
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