Example Sentences

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"The later crops, the second earlies, are more a concern, because they're at tuber initiation stage," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2023

Circumcising babies when they are at their earlies stage of development-imprinting every experience- is bad medicine.

From Scientific American • Mar. 12, 2012

After Panetta met with the Washington Post’s David Ignatius earlies this month, the columnist wrote that “Panetta believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June.”

From Time • Feb. 23, 2012

If you, like me, have long been befuddled by potato planting classifications – earlies, second earlies, maincrop, lates – this podcast is revelatory.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2010

Outposts were thrown out in all directions to gain the earlies possible intelligence of the progress of the movement, and to make such resistance to it as might be possible.

From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John