early bird
Example Sentences
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This is a case of the early bird losing the worm.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
It was when it reported on matters of which I had zero awareness: my HRV balance, for example, or my chronotype, albeit a wishy-washy “late morning,” a designation I plan to flip to early bird.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Some tracks may belong to meat eating predators, others to plant eating dinosaurs, and some have even raised questions about whether early bird species were involved.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026
Anna got a PDC membership so that she should buy early bird tickets in the summer, but even then it was "like a mini Oasis" in the scramble to get tickets.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese is classic.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
