Earlier
Meanings and phrases
earlier
- (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; earliest
earlier
- earlier in time; previously; before
- comparatives of `soon' or `early'; sooner
- before now; in the first place; in the beginning; to begin with; originally
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- Husserl, of course, had died three years earlier.
- (Lee graduated from Harvard five years earlier.)
- His wife, Anne Decker, had died several years earlier.
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- Winners were announced to media three months earlier.
- Part 3" that was released two months earlier.
- The setting changes to several months earlier, on Earth.
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- He was released five days earlier on August 17, 1999.
- The official music video premiered three days earlier.
- Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus had landed two days earlier.
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- One year earlier, he won the Boston Marathon.
- A year earlier, Gramm met his future bandmate Mick Jones.
- A year earlier, this charity show had won a Marconi Award.
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- He argues that Planck misread his own earlier work.
- By 1943 he was known because of his earlier work.
- He relied heavily on earlier work by Stephen Kleene.
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- This had been suggested much earlier by Lane.
- Accusations of similar cases had occurred much earlier.
- But it was certainly inhabited much earlier.
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- He had just lost his mother earlier that year.
- Another important game for Kapengwe came earlier that year in June.
- Copenhagen earlier that year, winning the Superliga would propel F.C.
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- It followed the vote in Bavaria two weeks earlier.
- Construction had begun two weeks earlier on May 4.
- His wife Kay had died a few weeks earlier.
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- There is a clear link with her earlier works in etching.
- This work builds upon the earlier works of Suneson et al.
- It expanded on themes in his earlier works.
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- This work set forth results from earlier years.
- It holds for neither later nor earlier years”.
- In earlier years his daughters performed with the band.
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- He had suffered a stroke a few years earlier.
- Rousseau and the garden's founder had visited Stowe a few years earlier.
- Forge wrote the string intro of "Pro Memoria" a few years earlier than this album.
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- In earlier times, the island was known by other names.
- This constitutes a significant change from earlier times.
- In earlier times, it was often served as a dish on festive days.
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- A month earlier, the first units were made with ABS (option).
- Smith had already replaced Thompson as chairman a month earlier.
- They used a soundtrack which had been pre-recorded a month earlier.
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- An earlier version, for the special case of i.i.d.
- There is no mention of the Olympics in the earlier version.
- For example, Tetsuya pilots an earlier version of Mazinger Z called Energer Z.
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- This grew by 41.65% from a decade earlier.
- The budget included repealing the campaign finance reform bill passed a decade earlier.
- This achievement is miraculous considering that she only began sculpture a decade earlier.
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- Townsend died June 1, 1995, of injuries from a fall that he suffered a week earlier.
- Some believed the game could have been played a week earlier to avoid adverse weather conditions.
- A studio take of the song, recorded about a week earlier, was released on the "Anthology 3" compilation in 1996.
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- The Malton Town Gaol had been opened decades earlier.
- But the origins of the blues were some decades earlier, probably around 1890.
- As Toussaint Louverture had done two decades earlier, the Haitians abolished slavery.
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- Finds of Roman coins point to even earlier habitation.
- It begins about noon, or even earlier.
- Research of the 21st century has established even earlier dates.
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- There are two earlier versions of "Thou Knowest Lord".
- The earlier versions are performed occasionally as historical curiosities.
- Examples of object-based languages include earlier versions of Visual Basic.
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- They had celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary earlier that day.
- The story was first announced on Bonds's own web site earlier that day.
- He made his ESPN debut on the midnight edition of "SportsCenter" earlier that day.
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- His wife, Anne Decker, had died several years earlier.
- However, the flag itself dates several years earlier to around 1900.
- The embarrassed Taylor admits that he had lost his fortune several years earlier.
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- In 1900 there were actually fewer houses than there had been ten years earlier.
- The Thunderbird was AMD's most successful product since the Am386DX-40 ten years earlier.
- She learns from Sartorius that the original Hari had committed suicide ten years earlier.
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- Mize won the 1987 Masters Championship just a few months earlier.
- A few months earlier he appeared in a text story titled "La Piñata".
- One of them, Ahgamahwegezhig or "Chief Sky", brought a pet eaglet he had captured a few months earlier.
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- In "Eucera nigrilabris", the males also emerge a few days earlier than females.
- He died on 6 November 1895 aged 66, having suffered a stroke a few days earlier.
- He made his test debut against India in 1982, and had also made his ODI debut a few days earlier.
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- was later added, for the day earlier, March 31, 2018.
- However, the game released a day earlier than planned.
- He had become an ordained priest only one day earlier.
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- It is probable that it replaced an earlier building.
- The building replaced an earlier mill on the same site.
- It replaced an earlier scheme running from 2009 to 2013.
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- Thus, Jackalow could have been tried no earlier than January 1861.
- The appointment probably took place no earlier than the mid-1370s.
- Females become sexually mature at 8 months old, but mate no earlier than 2 years.
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- As mentioned earlier they had a system called sawei.
- The car also, as mentioned earlier, is an "Urban Sanctuary".
- As mentioned earlier, Allen had initially been a segregationist.
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- By comparison, fewer than 5,000 people had lived in Düren a century earlier.
- According to the 2001 census, its population was 235, compared to 190 a century earlier.
- In the 2018 game "God of War", Fimbulwinter occurs a century earlier than it was supposed to.
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- The news followed six earlier days of local strike action.
- In the earlier days, agriculture was the main source for their livelihood.
- Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was in-charge of the subdivision in its earlier days.
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- It was built in 1738, on the site of an earlier church.
- An earlier church on the site was dated 1758.
- It was built in 1871 at the location of an earlier church.
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- He lived at an earlier date than Philo the philosopher.
- Another book which gives this earlier date is "Canyon of Eagles" by C.L.
- Originally planned for a December 2012 premiere, it was later moved to an earlier date.
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- In the earlier part of his life Tonson was much associated with Dryden.
- Corn exchanges start appearing in the earlier part of the 18th century.
- This was the most common type in the earlier part of the twentieth century.
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- The waterfall was earlier known as Droond Tangai.
- The magazine was earlier known as "Movie".
- The place was earlier known as Kashipur.
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- The barony probably dates from an earlier period.
- The viharas of the earlier period are much simpler, and lack shrines.
- They often lacked the aesthetic delicacy of coins of the earlier period.
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- Omar Sharif also appeared in one of his earlier film roles.
- Other than the sets, this remake had little in common with the earlier film.
- The earlier film rigorously stuck within the logical confines of its premise.
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- The troupe bears a resemblance to actors who had visited the manor centuries earlier.
- However, the water bath was known many centuries earlier (Hippocrates and Theophrastus).
- They had also converted to Islam centuries earlier and resided in Turkestan and Khorasan.
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- Among her earlier films were "Blonde Fire", "Easy" and "Insatiable".
- While the two earlier films are now lost, this production still survives.
- Compared to her earlier films, "A Woman There Was" was a commercial flop.
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- The 810A and 840A are somewhat enhanced versions of the earlier models.
- It was one of the first handheld cell phones, when compared to earlier models.
- Its one-piece cargo-box walls eliminated the rust-prone seams that were found in earlier models.
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- A priest had been murdered at the house twelve years earlier when the house was a rectory.
- He had made the acquaintance of their daughter Maria in Poland five years earlier when she was eleven.
- The bill had gone through the assembly 77 days earlier when Representatives voted 91-6 in favor of the bill.
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- However, "Pranam Khareedu" was released earlier at the box office.
- Plečkaitis received a three-year prison sentence, but was released earlier.
- It had been released earlier in 2006 through digital retailers such as iTunes.
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- The name "1984" refers to his earlier albums.
- Is it as evocative and emotive as their earlier albums?
- The band had previously struggled to break into the mainstream American market with their earlier albums.
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- It is probable that it replaced an earlier building.
- It was built in 1629, replacing an earlier building deemed to have become unsafe.
- The present building was completed in 1924, and replaced an earlier building on the site.
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- They found that the single bridge over the swamp had been burned two hours earlier.
- About three hours earlier, the JTWC had also upgraded the storm to tropical cyclone status.
- The quake lasted for over a minute and had been preceded by a foreshock three hours earlier at 8.15 pm.
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- It replaced the earlier and more narrow term Rādhān.
- It replaced the earlier constitution of 1925.
- It replaced the earlier Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
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- We have had our flags since an earlier time.
- The 2009 premiere was on February 20 at the earlier time of 10:00pm EST.
- During the earlier time period of "", the transporter is a relatively new innovation.
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- In earlier periods it was sometimes known as St Stephen's.
- It is thought a cross existed at the point during earlier periods.
- The other three had been used in earlier periods, but were no longer in use in his time.
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- It was built in 1629, replacing an earlier building deemed to have become unsafe.
- The 1930s lighthouse, replacing an earlier wooden structure, was built for $35,310.
- Its construction was finished in 1991, replacing an earlier bridge destroyed by a collision.
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- Hopkins, however, having earlier learned that Sara was in Lavenham, has set a trap to capture Marshall.
- Nagendra had shifted to doing character roles after having earlier directed films (Filmindia June 1942).
- Butten retired from PA in 1970, having earlier sold his 100% shareholding in PA to the Butten Trust in 1958.
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- His wife Kay had died a few weeks earlier.
- He said that twin girls, Lulu and Nana, had been born a few weeks earlier.
- Both had begun only a few weeks earlier, in issues 156 and 158 respectively.
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- The high altar of the church was rededicated in 1336; part of the chancel dates from slightly earlier than that.
- Some of the musical features used are reminiscent of "L'Orfeo", written slightly earlier for similar instrumental and vocal forces.
- Zeus intended his son to rule Greece but according to the rules of succession Eurystheus, born slightly earlier, preempted the right.
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- ... Ramaraya Kavi's earlier name was Rama Rao.
- The earlier name of Rasulnagar was Ramnagar.
- Its earlier name was "Stark Key".
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- 1 Stanford twenty years earlier.
- He had come to prominence about twenty years earlier, while working on the translation of Chambers's "Cyclopaedia".
- of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, whose firm of Lockart & Co. twenty years earlier in 1853 had first purchased the "Ravenscraig".
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- Filming in New York City had been completed earlier that month.
- The nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank on 21 January 2009 followed two more resignations earlier that month.
- The Arizona location closed on May 31, 2011, with a Heart Attack Grill opening in Dallas, Texas earlier that month.
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- There was no related activation in V1 or V2, the earlier stages of the visual pathway.
- I really wanted to do a two-parter on that location, to see Stratos in its earlier stages."
- Locative inversion in modern English is a vestige of the V2 order associated with earlier stages of the language.
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- His wife Melba had died earlier in the month.
- Willing) died earlier in 1874.
- Also on that day, Tim Richmond who had a long battle with AIDS, died earlier in the day.
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- Some claim the same thing happened during the earlier 1921–23 famine in the Soviet Union.
- A considerable cause for this was likely due to alleged censorship of user-generated content during the earlier years of growth for AOL.
- However, the Song dynasty monk Zanning (919–1001 CE) writes that during the earlier Han-Wei period, the Chinese monks typically wore red.
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- This Constitution and Statutes replaced earlier ones approved in 1937 and 1944.
- Players on equal goals are listed in chronological order with the earlier ones on top.
- The later operas that Handel wrote for the Academy were not as successful as his earlier ones.
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- The rear of the car lost the tail fins of the earlier series.
- Northern Scotland and the Islands) than in the earlier series.
- This was an important issue for most earlier series of the show.
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- Unlike the earlier books, it often contains extensive illustrations, or vignettes.
- His earlier books were illustrated by Charles Copeland; two later ones were illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull.
- This debate seems in any case to have raised the composer's profile, leading to reprints of his earlier books of madrigals.
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- On 1 February 2009, the ICC reversed their earlier decision, and changed the match result back to a win for England.
- This had been preceded by the overturning by the High Court of her earlier decision to hold the inquest without a jury.
- Reversing his earlier decision to retire, LaRussa also joined the Diamondbacks in May 2014, in a front office role as Chief Baseball Officer.
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- He was allowed to perform in Bulgaria not earlier than 1980.
- In the south, Mons were dominant in Lower Burma by the 13th century, if not earlier.
- He was consecrated by his cousin Charles Borromeo not earlier than 1564 and no later than February 1566.
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- He had joined the squad earlier during a winter training camp in Turkey.
- The two had met around a year earlier during activities at All Souls Church.
- The area experienced tidal flooding only about two months earlier during Tropical Storm Debby.
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- He had scored a century in the earlier stage of the tournament.
- History: In the earlier stage the whole place was an open ground.
- I voiced against it but accepted their terms during my earlier stage of vitiligo".
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- The property reopened on June 27, 2018, earlier than expected.
- Thus, SunTrust decided to accelerate its plan and sold the Coke shares earlier than expected.
- "María José" was released on November 26 because of the finishing of the album earlier than expected.
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- Reventlow and Kessler took off 10 minutes earlier.
- Lidia calls the hospital and learns that Tommaso died ten minutes earlier.
- It was an immediate impact, having being brought on for Adis Jahović just five minutes earlier.
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- There is no way to reuse old measurements from earlier games.
- The game made a return to the free-roaming style of earlier games.
- McDonald said "The sound design is gorgeous and reminiscent of earlier games."
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- He defeated Steve Farmer in the earlier rounds and then beat Paul Gibbs and Stephen Bunting to qualify.
- Until the 2008–09 season, the BBC and Sky Sports shared television coverage, with the BBC showing three matches in the earlier rounds.
- The winning club receives the FA Vase itself and, as of 2010, prize money of £20,000, in addition to that accumulated for winning earlier rounds.
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- Bailey signed to Polydor Records earlier the same year.
- Stepney's dismissal from Ferrari had been announced earlier the same day.
- "Alam Ara" was released earlier the same year and was the first Indian film with sound.
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- Game systems based on earlier editions of "D&D".
- It is based on earlier hash function designs PANAMA and RadioGatún.
- Even though it is a fiction, the tale may be based on earlier works.
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- The word "foo" on its own was used earlier.
- Medications are more effective if used earlier in an attack.
- ""The stick I used earlier felt light and I didn’t get enough power.
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- The theme tune was composed by Mark Sayer-Wade, who also provided the background music for earlier episodes.
- References to fire were cut from earlier episodes — even the original master tapes were altered permanently.
- In earlier episodes, assorted topics were posted to the pane and a final subject was revealed through a rebus.
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- Then they miraculously find themselves on Karn many years earlier, before the Zarodnix Corporation came here.
- Becky confronts Amelia over her obsession with the late George, showing her a love note given to her many years earlier by him.
- This would suggest that the Greek phalanx was rather the culmination and perfection of a slowly developed idea that originated many years earlier.
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- Another study highlighted the flaws of the earlier studies including cross-contamination.
- The strength of this relationship did not depend on sex, contradicting some earlier studies.
- However, earlier studies gave it a luminosity class of IV, which suggested it is a subdwarf star.
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- Unlike earlier releases, the tracks were recorded in a studio.
- Ice-T's subsequent releases went back to straight gangsta-ism, but were never as popular as his earlier releases.
- At the end of 2010 "Demons" released the album "Scarcity Rock" which was more experimental than earlier releases.
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- The village church was built in 1702 to replace an earlier chapel.
- It is a brick arch bridge completed in 1775, to replace an earlier wooden bridge.
- It was created in 1964 to replace an earlier numbering scheme and ratified by the state legislature in 1970.
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- Two major events were turning points in the earlier history of the Gulf Coast region.
- The 2009 mini-series "" clarified the earlier history of the "Planet" in the new continuity.
- One Muslim family named 'Kodithodika' was the major family from the earlier history of morayur.
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- It is the sequel to Halperin's earlier book, "The Truth Machine".
- Her earlier book, "Moonlight and Common Day" had also reflected a definite imagist influence.
- This earlier book had briefly described the importance of training the mind as a key part of meditation.
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- His earlier career centred on the agricultural and fishing policies of the European Union.
- During his earlier career, he established The James Gelfand Trio and The James Gelfand Group.
- In 1940, Doris went to the United States, where she found it difficult to resume her earlier career as a courtesan.
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- An initiative was made earlier by the American University to preserve the murals.
- She waits a bit, then stands up and throws a paper airplane that she had made earlier.
- In the third step, formulation of objectives and strategies based on the situation analysis made earlier was done.
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- Game systems based on earlier editions of "D&D".
- The cover of the earlier editions features a photo of M16 (also known as the "Eagle Nebula").
- She appeared in earlier editions of Grove's and Baker's Dictionaries, but does not appear in the more recent editions.
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- These are known to derive from an earlier form ending in "-ingas".
- VII, 2.16; VIII, 4.3-4); earlier form mentioned by Ptolemy is Nooῦαι (Ptol.
- Racing on soft ground, she did not reproduce her earlier form and finished unplaced behind Leghinka.
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- Apollo/tripod (Apollodotus II, several earlier kings) Sitting Zeus-Mithras / horse, reminiscent of coins of Hermaeus.
- Lincoln had added impromptu words in several earlier speeches, but always offered a subsequent apology for the change.
- The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra formed under that name in 1931, after several earlier attempts to form an orchestra had occurred.
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- An earlier structure at the site was built after 1474.
- The castle replaced an earlier structure.
- It replaced an earlier structure of 1823 at the cost of £2,300.
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- The setting changes to several months earlier, on Earth.
- She died in 1935, aged 71 years, from injuries sustained in a fall several months earlier.
- He lost in the final to Mario Kindelán, the Cuban who had also beaten him several months earlier in the pre-Olympic match-ups in Greece.
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- The next day, or possibly earlier on 21 August, "Satellite" captured the "Christianhaab".
- The material was determined to be of Heavy Neolithic or possibly earlier Paleolithic origins.
- The land was owned by the House of Borromeo of San Miniato in the 14th century and possibly earlier.
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- This season is broadcast on TV4, as were earlier seasons.
- The two were teammates on the old Baltimore Orioles in earlier seasons.
- Paolo Roberto is the host as with earlier seasons of the regular series.
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- As a result, she had several features typical of Lake's earlier designs.
- It encapsulates experience gained from his earlier designs of the GP14 and the Enterprise.
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- However, the game released a day earlier than planned.
- It reopened on June 27, 2018, a day earlier than planned.
- The government has withdrew its contingent a month earlier than planned.
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- Several of her earlier songs relate to art music arrangements of folk tunes.
- It includes acoustic versions of several of his earlier songs, as well as new material.
- Spence D. of IGN Music further compared its hip hop composition to Missy Elliott's earlier songs.
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- As a result, on May 3 workers left the factory half an hour earlier.
- ITV's initial plan to broadcast the programme an hour earlier at 6pm was blocked by Sky.
- The main earthquake was preceded almost exactly an hour earlier by a 5.4 foreshock with a similar epicenter and focal mechanism.
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- Therefore, he must have lived in the 12th century or earlier.
- Cymbals were employed by Turkish janissaries in the 14th century or earlier.
- (meaning that these instruments existed since his time in 14th century or earlier).
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- The hotel was opened in 1863 to serve railway passengers, replacing the earlier New Passage House inn.
- ETA's internal bulletin was named "Zutabe" ("Column"), replacing the earlier one (1962) "Zutik" ("Standing").
- Han involvement in Central Asia and Sogdia helped establish the land route of the Silk Road, replacing the earlier path over the Himalayas to India.
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- Details of any earlier marriage(s) are not yet available.
- They have a son, and he has another son from an earlier marriage.
- James had seven other siblings from his father's earlier marriage.
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- Charles Lawrence's earlier life is obscure.
- He falls into a swimming pool where memories from his earlier life come back to him.
- Now with older features, he can portray a Mark Taylor reflecting on his earlier life.
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- 1 ranking earlier this year.
- "The scandal may also singe BDO Seidman, a private audit firm that gave [Washington DC CFO Natwar] Gandhi its seal of approval earlier this year.
- The memo added that progress had been made towards "the 10% increased performance on enforced returns, which we promised the Home Secretary earlier this year".
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- In earlier centuries, agriculture was the main industry.
- The population in earlier centuries reached four thousand.
- Storytelling, music, theatre, dance and games are recognisably the same as in earlier centuries.
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- The songs on "Death by Life" cover much heavier topics compared to the earlier material.
- Red Pajamas releases archival live performances by Goodman, compilations, and reissues of his earlier material.
- "Lost in My Bedroom" is an uptempo electropop song that was deemed largely reminiscent of her earlier material.
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- A priest had been murdered at the house twelve years earlier when the house was a rectory.
- He had made the acquaintance of their daughter Maria in Poland five years earlier when she was eleven.
- Legally, it was closed to patricians, a status that Augustus had acquired some years earlier when adopted by Julius Caesar.
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- Menopause usually occurs at an earlier age.
- In wealthier cities, however, French is usually taught at an earlier age.
- Some girls have to do these chores at an even earlier age like three or four.