Sentence examples for this was earlier from inspiring English sources

This was earlier in the spring, and he was in New York City as part of an East Coast pre-publicity tour.

This was earlier reported by Tirosh et al. (2009) in which trans effects were condition-dependent and that expression difference in trans reflected a differential response to the environment.

This was earlier today.

Way to go! this was earlier as I got into LAX — Chris Liebing Ⓥ (@ChrisLiebing)January 29 , 2017

This was earlier demonstrated in the ascomycetous yeast, Pichia angusta [2].

This was earlier noted by Bocoum et al. (43).

This was early 1989.

No, this was early times.

This was early in November , 1989

This was early on.

This was early December.