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ere

[air] / ɛər /
ADVERB
sooner than
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Adjusted earnings per share, which excludes nonrecurring items, declined to 87 cents from $1.06, but ere above the FactSet consensus of 63 cents.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 4, 2025

A sign nearby now reads "Banksy woz ere" and offers an apology to disappointed fans of the street artist.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024

The head of the city's civil-military administration said local authorities had a plan to cope with an accident and noted some shells ere falling close to the plant's six reactors.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2022

“To love that well which thou must leave ere long,” says the Bard.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022

But to quench the tormenting fire frying him in his clothes, he leaped overboard into the deep river where ere they could recover him he was near drowned.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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