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Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Joy and Girard already briefly met Rogers' dad, Keith, on the farm early on in the process.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2024
By the time Sent Into Space was officially incorporated in 2011 as a business, the pair had already received an influx of requests from prospective clients clamoring for their own launches.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Environmental advocates say Torontonians already pay to manage storm and floodwater, and point out the current billing system lacks equity because it is based on the amount of water usage.
—David Cox, WIRED, 13 Apr. 2024
It was already ground down from multiple rounds of destruction and rebuilding, poor governance, and the Israeli-Egyptian economic blockade; some of the buildings that were bombed had been constructed out of concrete from previous buildings that had been bombed.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
The high court’s ruling, likely to land in late June, has the potential to undo the convictions and sentences of those who have already gone to trial or pleaded guilty, and upend the charges still pending for many more.
—Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
Things that have already stood the test of time often have another 50 years left in them!
—Kim Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
And then there’s D’Angelo Russell, who already established the Lakers’ record for three-pointers in a season.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Middle English al redy, from al redy, adjective, wholly ready, from al all + redy ready
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Already.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/already. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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