Early and Later

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Early adjective - Being or occurring at an early stage of development.

Usage example: early forms of life

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Later is an antonym for early in topics: immediately, in the beginning, sooner than expected.

Later adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.

Usage example: the details of the plan will be filled in at a later date

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Early is an antonym for later.

Dragonriders of Pern has all "classic" Weyrs made this way (one of the rare occurrences of this trope with extinct volcanoes,) but not early or later ones.

Source: Volcano Lair
Conflicting Loyalty: Invoked by Angel by forcing Daniel to choose between his friendship to Jovian and his ideals early and later in the game.

Source: Video Game / Exit Fate
Their last few albums before breaking up could be best described as a mixture of their early and later sound.

Source: Music / Dismember

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