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earlier

adjective as in former

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adverb as in previously

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At least 160 people are known to have died in the five previous earlier storms.

From BBC

There are gulls migrating earlier or later than usual, probably by three to four weeks at this point.

From Salon

A dramatized mock trial of Hunter Biden — pulled earlier this year after President Biden’s son filed a lawsuit — was also offered.

Woodward and Bernstein had known each other casually years earlier at the Orange County School of the Arts.

Indicted in October, Iza pleaded not guilty earlier this month and returned to court on Wednesday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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