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• Hopes for a rate cut have been pushed back to May 2024, at the earliest.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
• That will take time and could mean the case won’t be put to bed until 2025 at the earliest.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
• The first Artemis crew landing is planned for 2026 at the earliest.
  — Marcia Dunn The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2024
• That could push the starting date toward near the end of 2023, at the earliest.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 18 July 2023
• But such a step isn’t expected until the end of the year at the earliest.
  — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
• The service won’t be available online in Spanish until the end of the year at the earliest.
  — María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
• The project is scheduled to be completed by late 2025 at the earliest.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 5 June 2023
• They were scheduled to be online by 2025, at the earliest.
  — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• College is still on the table for Zhong, but not until 2024 at the earliest.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2023
• As The Verge reports, Humane now says the $699 device will head to customers in mid-April at the earliest.
  — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
• The aid will start moving Friday at the earliest, according to the White House.
  — WIRED, 19 Oct. 2023
• Even then, the law likely won’t come into force until 2025 at the earliest.
  — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 8 Dec. 2023
• Expect results in a couple years’ time at the earliest.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
• But the federal goal wouldn’t phase this fuel out until 2030, at the earliest.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• The project was one of the FASB’s biggest priorities this year, though a final rule wouldn’t come until next year at the earliest.
  — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
• The aid will start moving Friday at the earliest, White House officials said.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
• But the projects began collecting data in 2004 at the earliest, which isn’t enough time to draw firm long-term conclusions.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• But that car won’t start production until 2026 at the earliest, making this year and next crucial if the company hopes to live long enough to see it.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2024
• But lawmakers won't decide on many of these issues until next week at the earliest.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• The three cannot apply for reinstatement until April 2024 at the earliest.
  — oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2023
• Justin Turner, who has been dealing with a bruised left heel, isn’t expected to return to the Red Sox lineup until Friday at the earliest.
  — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
• But the actual penalties for violating those rules likely won’t see the light of day until 2025 at the earliest.
  — Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2023
• Some justices may well have wanted to treat the case in the ordinary course, which would have meant that arguments would not be heard until October at the earliest.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• The weather is expected to remain hot and dry on Wednesday, with no rain forecast until Friday at the earliest.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 May 2023
• Game 4 is scheduled for Sunday, with the conference semifinals set to begin April 29 at the earliest.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• This release is expected Friday at the earliest, and Monday at the latest, Bowman told the Herald.
  — Sav Kelly, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
• But legal sales aren't expected to begin until June at the earliest.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2024
• The incident occurred a day after Smith announced the city’s year-to-date homicide toll had surpassed 200 at the earliest point in a quarter-century.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• More melanomas have been found, particularly those identified at the earliest stage, also known as stage 0 or melanoma in situ.
  — Enrique Torchia, Fortune Well, 20 Aug. 2023
• The handover of the first group of hostages, planned for Thursday, now won’t happen until Friday at the earliest, Israeli and regional officials said.
  — Jared Malsin and Summer Said, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024