Example sentences for: earliest

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  • 8 Ga [ 14 15 ] usually is considered to be the earliest record of cyanobacteria [ 10 ] . However, the 2-methylhopane biomarker of cyanobacteria has been detected in lower abundance in other prokaryotes, and many taxa (especially anaerobic species) have not been examined for the biomarker [ 15 16 17 ] . Also, the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis may have occurred at some time later than the origin of cyanobacteria.

  • My suspicions aroused, I found that a number of entries had neither a nautical origin nor, perceivably, any nautical connection: jingo , offered as probably a Basque word, acquires a nautical connection because Basques were among the earliest organised whalers in Europe, and as harpooners their expressions would have carried some weight with other seafarers.

  • Canada’s distinctness is better appreciated by a closer look at some of its earliest peoples.

  • Most prominent among its earliest practitioners in England was Joseph Wright, who prepared the six-volume English Dialect Dictionary , which was published between 1898 and 1905; the best-known contemporary British specialist is Harold Orton.

  • Some of the earliest constructions were the three Binyang Grottoes, dedicated to an emperor and empress of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534), after the capital was transferred to Luoyang.


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