premature

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Cheng has deflected questions about her position, saying recently it was "premature" to discuss a final solution and what was needed now was "peaceful and stable cross-strait relations."

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

An October 2024 launch party with Will Smith and Alicia Keys proved premature, as rushed work left hotels riddled with construction problems and unable to open without hundreds of millions of dollars of fixes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

She then gave birth to a severely premature child who died about two hours later.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Last June, the South Coast Air Quality Management District received more than 20,000 comments opposing a pair of clean air rules that would have prevented 2,500 premature deaths and 10,000 new cases of asthma.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Our last great middle-class hero, someone who really enjoyed his vacations and his country club, was John Updike’s Rabbit Angstrom, and he died a premature death.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times