early bird

Example Sentences

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This is a case of the early bird losing the worm.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

I headed to the workshop, housed in an airy stone barn, and found I was not the lone early bird.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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

Dr Guillermo Navalón, the co-lead author of the study, said he was "awestruck" by the "one-of-a-kind" fossil which "lets us fully appreciate the anatomy of this early bird".

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

The early bird gets the worm, for example, is plain.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker