The common phrase, "whichever is earlier" can be used rather easily. "I will take the next dental appointment, whichever is earlier.
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The Council meeting started earlier that I had expected, so it was a rush to get there in time!
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U.S. phrase 'naked as a jaybird' (1943) was earlier 'naked as a robin' (1879, in a Shropshire, England context); the earliest comparative was naked as a needle (1377).
Ending a phrase with the term 'good luck' does not require the use of an exclamation mark. The use of an exclamation mark is dependent on the meaning or tone of the sentence, not the use of any particular word or phrase. There are instances in which the use of an exclamation mark after the phrase 'good luck' may distort the intended meaning, such as, 'I have not had good luck'.
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It is usually one month of opening the bottle, and three months from date of maufacturinf, whichever is earlier
Every 4yrs or 120,000km whichever is the earlier Martin New Zealand
You use the bathroom that was intended for whichever gender you are.
It comes from the phrase "catch as catch can". Basically that means it is freestyle, wrestle however you want to, in whichever style you can.
Changes from $1,000 to $5,000, whichever is greatest.
They vary. The players can use whichever darts they wish .
Winston Churchill, though he was repeating the phrase used earlier by Joseph Goebbels in 1945.
Snow fell much earlier than usual.
Please try to arrive a little earlier, tomorrow.
That is not a phrase
Whichever model fits your intended use and budget.