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Plaid wants that to happen at the earliest possible opportunity - on Tuesday.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Leading up to that, he was one of the earliest entrepreneurs to plant his flag in the basic cable realm with the Atlanta-based “superstation” we’d eventually come to know as TBS.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

As a result, the Treasury can wait to hike longer-term debt sales until 2028 at the earliest, he writes—a later time frame than the consensus estimate for between February and August 2027.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The earliest HIV therapies were crude and toxic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“I can ask other hataalii if they are able to do a last-minute N’daa. But I think the earliest any of us can do one is going to be next year.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young