"early days" meaning in English

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          "text": "Lorna liked the sudden transition from urban overcrowding to the rural isolation of Kintrawe House, but she knew it was early days yet.",
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        "A time too soon to make a decision or come to a conclusion."
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          "_dis1": "69 21 10",
          "sense": "initial time period",
          "word": "beginning"
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          "sense": "initial time period",
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          "text": "In the early days of television, the service was always breaking down.",
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          "text": "Hold on. We're still early days on this."
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          "text": "This is still early days, with more to wrap up in the morning and […]"
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          "word": "formative year"
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      "sense": "initial time period",
      "word": "beginning"
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      "sense": "initial time period",
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      "word": "early innings"
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