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I just heard "as early back as" for the first time in a YouTube video. It sounded strange to me but I found a few instances on GitHub and many on the rest of the Internet. But it's several orders of magnitude rarer than "as far back as".

How Has This Been Tested?

  • I added an atomic unit test with just this phrase.
  • I added a real world unit test with an actual sentence I found on GitHub.

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  • I have performed a self-review of my own code
  • I have added tests to cover my changes

Other examples

  • 28 Sept 2019 — Issue Details. Electron Version: 6.0.10 (but happening as early back as 1.x.x and 2.x.x for us).
  • skin overrides also supports a wide variety of minecraft versions - as early back as 1.14.4. note that only versions since 1.19.4 have the ui, and only ...
  • ... as early back as the 1930s with The Man Who Awoke. However, the technology has been too expensive for it to really become commonplace. Today we live in a ...

@elijah-potter elijah-potter added this pull request to the merge queue Mar 13, 2025
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tmeijn pushed a commit to tmeijn/dotfiles that referenced this pull request Mar 24, 2025
This MR contains the following updates:

| Package | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|
| [Automattic/harper/harper-ls](https://github.com/Automattic/harper) | minor | `v0.24.0` -> `v0.26.0` |

MR created with the help of [el-capitano/tools/renovate-bot](https://gitlab.com/el-capitano/tools/renovate-bot).

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### Release Notes

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<summary>Automattic/harper (Automattic/harper/harper-ls)</summary>

### [`v0.26.0`](https://github.com/Automattic/harper/releases/tag/v0.26.0)

[Compare Source](Automattic/harper@v0.25.1...v0.26.0)

#### What's Changed

-   docs: fix user dictionary by [@&#8203;kit494way](https://github.com/kit494way) in Automattic/harper#893
-   feat: mask out comments beginning with spellchecker:ignore by [@&#8203;grantlemons](https://github.com/grantlemons) in Automattic/harper#861
-   feat(harper.js): export both binary and inlinedBinary for different runtimes by [@&#8203;Asuka109](https://github.com/Asuka109) in Automattic/harper#607
-   feat: linter for "as far back as" to replace "as early back as" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#889
-   feat: flag "explanation mark/point" instead of "exclamation" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#895
-   feat: correct "in anyway" to "in any way" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#894
-   build(deps): bump [@&#8203;babel/helpers](https://github.com/babel/helpers) from 7.26.9 to 7.26.10 in /packages by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#899
-   fix: two spelling mistakes based on homophones by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#886
-   feat: allow blank lines and comments in `dictionary.dict` by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#756
-   docs: fix typo [#&#8203;906](Automattic/harper#906) by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#912
-   hotfix(core): properly store spans in `PatternLinter` cache by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#926
-   Dictionary curation 2025 03 12 by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#902
-   Dialect prototyping by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#925
-   feat: insert newline automatically in `just addnoun` by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#931
-   docs: fix 3 grammar mistakes by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#933
-   feat: linter for "each and everyone" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#923
-   feat: expand the "get rid off" lint to cover "get ride of" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#900
-   fix(vscode-plugin): ignore non-existent ".git" files, support untitled/unsaved files on VS Code by [@&#8203;kiding](https://github.com/kiding) in Automattic/harper#927
-   feat(core): improve assertion to allow overlapping suggestions by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#935
-   build(deps): bump [@&#8203;wordpress/editor](https://github.com/wordpress/editor) from 14.19.0 to 14.20.0 in /packages by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#915
-   build(deps): bump indexmap from 2.7.1 to 2.8.0 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#921
-   build(deps): bump tokio from 1.43.0 to 1.44.1 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#919
-   build(deps-dev): bump [@&#8203;types/node](https://github.com/types/node) from 22.13.9 to 22.13.10 in /packages by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#913
-   build(deps): bump foldhash from 0.1.4 to 0.1.5 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#917
-   feat: correct "along time" to "a long time" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#910
-   Add -able affix to open (openable) by [@&#8203;claydugo](https://github.com/claydugo) in Automattic/harper#930
-   docs: mention hidden library dependencies by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#943
-   feat(core): create new test assertion for `nth` suggestion results by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#942
-   build: migrate to pnpm workspace & biome by [@&#8203;Asuka109](https://github.com/Asuka109) in Automattic/harper#924
-   build(deps): bump serde from 1.0.218 to 1.0.219 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#920
-   build(deps): bump clap from 4.5.31 to 4.5.32 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#946
-   Web improvements by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#944
-   feat: ignore shebang lines by [@&#8203;holmanb](https://github.com/holmanb) in Automattic/harper#947
-   feat(web): add mask-image to header by [@&#8203;Asuka109](https://github.com/Asuka109) in Automattic/harper#951
-   fix(core): reduce ambiguity for `AvoidContraction` by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#941
-   chore: add comments describing major sections by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#952

#### New Contributors

-   [@&#8203;kit494way](https://github.com/kit494way) made their first contribution in Automattic/harper#893
-   [@&#8203;holmanb](https://github.com/holmanb) made their first contribution in Automattic/harper#947

**Full Changelog**: Automattic/harper@v0.25.1...v0.26.0

### [`v0.25.1`](https://github.com/Automattic/harper/releases/tag/v0.25.1)

[Compare Source](Automattic/harper@v0.25.0...v0.25.1)

#### What's Changed

-   docs(ls): give example config that disables `sentence_capitalization` by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#879
-   fix(core): indexing problem in Regexish work by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#883
-   Just getforms improvements by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#862
-   Dictionary curation 2025 03 11 by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#884
-   fix(core): insert paragraph breaks after code blocks by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#882

**Full Changelog**: Automattic/harper@v0.25.0...v0.25.1

### [`v0.25.0`](https://github.com/Automattic/harper/releases/tag/v0.25.0)

[Compare Source](Automattic/harper@v0.24.0...v0.25.0)

#### What's Changed

-   docs: update integrations section by [@&#8203;mcecode](https://github.com/mcecode) in Automattic/harper#755
-   Typst Corrections by [@&#8203;grantlemons](https://github.com/grantlemons) in Automattic/harper#442
-   refactor: add comments to `just addnoun` and tweak logic by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#605
-   feat: implements [#&#8203;841](Automattic/harper#841) by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#842
-   Add WordPress Plugin Documentation and Demo by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#838
-   feat: add `just newest-dict-changes` by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#701
-   Spellcheck improvements by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#844
-   fix: add missing "gotten rid off" to other "rid off" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#840
-   Rules page improvements by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#843
-   build(deps): bump axios from 1.8.1 to 1.8.2 in /packages by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#845
-   Regexish by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#669
-   fix: fall back to `grep` when `rg` is not available by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#848
-   feat: flag "monumentous" and offer "momentous" and "monumental" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#864
-   build(deps-dev): bump svelte-check from 4.1.4 to 4.1.5 in /packages by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#874
-   build(deps): bump typst-syntax from 0.13.0 to 0.13.1 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#867
-   build(deps-dev): bump typescript from 5.7.3 to 5.8.2 in /packages by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#871
-   build(deps-dev): bump autoprefixer from 10.4.20 to 10.4.21 in /packages by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#873
-   Dictionary curation 2025 03 08 by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#860
-   feat: add many variants of "change of tact"->"tack" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#852
-   feat: implement [#&#8203;525](Automattic/harper#525) (worse/worst confusion) by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#856
-   build(deps): bump cached from 0.54.0 to 0.55.1 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#868
-   build(deps): bump anyhow from 1.0.96 to 1.0.97 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#865
-   Build against an older GLIBC version by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#877
-   Cache busting by [@&#8203;elijah-potter](https://github.com/elijah-potter) in Automattic/harper#876
-   build(deps): bump thiserror from 2.0.11 to 2.0.12 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#866
-   build(deps): bump serde_json from 1.0.139 to 1.0.140 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in Automattic/harper#869
-   feat: add a lint to correct "in of itself" to "in and of itself" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#863
-   feat: implement "ticking time clock" by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#851
-   feat: implements [#&#8203;746](Automattic/harper#746) by [@&#8203;hippietrail](https://github.com/hippietrail) in Automattic/harper#855
-   feat(dict): added words to dictionary by [@&#8203;ficcdaf](https://github.com/ficcdaf) in Automattic/harper#847
-   fix: Ignore hex codes inside rgb function calls by [@&#8203;grantlemons](https://github.com/grantlemons) in Automattic/harper#857
-   feat: Added Linux musl compilations by [@&#8203;kiding](https://github.com/kiding) in Automattic/harper#878

#### New Contributors

-   [@&#8203;kiding](https://github.com/kiding) made their first contribution in Automattic/harper#878

**Full Changelog**: Automattic/harper@v0.24.0...v0.25.0

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