early on
adverb
: at or during an early point or stage
The reasons were obvious early on in the experiment.
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The one-hour event Wednesday, hosted by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, focused early on on the city’s handling of the disaster, which destroyed thousands of homes and left 12 people dead.
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David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Those markers of that journey kind of came to me quite early on.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
That backpack was later turned in to hotel staff at Bright Angel Lodge early on April 28.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
The Andes strain - the one connected to this series of cases - can be transmitted person-to-person with recurrent close contact, and is more transmissible early on in the illness, the WHO says.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 7 May 2026
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David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Those markers of that journey kind of came to me quite early on.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
That backpack was later turned in to hotel staff at Bright Angel Lodge early on April 28.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
The Andes strain - the one connected to this series of cases - can be transmitted person-to-person with recurrent close contact, and is more transmissible early on in the illness, the WHO says.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 7 May 2026
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“Early on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/early%20on. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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