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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
• Ovens vary widely, so start checking your loaves at the earliest time in the range.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2024
• Many of the newest drugs now available or in trials work best at the earliest stages of the disease.
  — Mike Zuendel, STAT, 5 Aug. 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
• Apple will not release the full set of tools to consumers until the first quarter of 2025 at the earliest.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• 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
• The firm expects Hub to see a positive pricing inflection in the second half of 2025 at the earliest.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 July 2024
• That readiness review was pushed to next week at the earliest, according to an update from NASA.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Pacheco is not expected back until Week 8 at the earliest.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
• August is not one of those times, when players signed during the offseason cannot be dealt until Dec. 15 at the earliest, and when cap space has all but dried up around the league.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024
• But lawmakers said that idea likely won’t be back until 2025 at the earliest.
  — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2024
• 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
• The Royals don’t expect to have Lorenzen available to pitch until Wednesday at the earliest.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2024
• What's next: The North-South line is a multiphase, multiyear process, with construction on the route slated to begin in 2029 at the earliest.
  — Karri Peifer, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
• Beatrix’s pastry counter also opens as early as 7 a.m. and the restaurant closes at 9 p.m. at the earliest.
  — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2024
• Turtle is also leading the Dragonfly mission to explore Titan, slated to launch in 2028 at the earliest.
  — Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024