early in life

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: at a young age
She knew what she wanted to do early in life.

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Some scientific reviews have suggested glyphosate may disrupt the gut microbiome and the endocrine system, as well as interfere with nervous system development when exposure happens early in life. Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 22 May 2025 But the question of whether most Americans should be getting COVID shots regularly is fundamentally different from the question of whether healthy kids should be able to get a primary series of shots early in life. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025 One takeaway from the research was that some seemingly minor conditions, such as untreated hypertension early in life, could have a significant impact on aging in later years, according to Salimi. Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025 The researchers hypothesized that left- and mixed-handedness could be associated with diseases that occur very early in life, because the dominant hand is determined at a very early age – possibly even before birth. Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for early in life

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