The previous record of $289.14 billion was set a week earlier.

The previous record of $405,000 was set earlier the same day.

The new total is 7.9 percent above the previous record, which was set a month earlier.

An event years earlier set the stage for John's interest in music.

In her mind he had earlier set the proper information.

As with so much else, this was a pattern he set early.

That broke the world record, which had been set here five years earlier.

This morning, we'd set off early, even as the sun was just making its way over the mountains.

The trial is expected to last two weeks but its tone was set early.

The tone of the afternoon had been set earlier, on the field.