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early

A1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈɜːli/US /ˈɜːrli/
adjective

near the beginning of a period of time, an event etc.

adverb

near the beginning of a period of time, an event, a piece of work, etc.

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We built that up, and then we had the opportunity to sell to Compaq in early '99

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture

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