timely
Frequently Asked Questions
- It’s impossible to get to school in a timely manner without coffee—I feel like I’m in slow motion otherwise.
- Pay your bills in a timely fashion, or you’ll rack up a lot of late fees.
- Your email was very timely—it answered the question I was about to ask!
Example Sentences
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After Silicon Valley Bank failed in March 2023, not long before first-quarter earnings season began, investors were suddenly clamoring for timely information about the stickiness of lenders’ deposits and the market values of their bondholdings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
"This is a timely study given the history of fire suppression in these forests and the state's increasing pace and scale of fuel thinning in recent years," Jin said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Luke Gromen is the founder of financial research firm Forest For The Trees and his interview with Eric Townsend of the Macro Voices podcast on Thursday was timely, given his strong opinions on superpower competition.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“We remain committed to helping facilitate the timely disbursement of insurance proceeds as requirements are met.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Oh, now there’s a timely piece of advice, Bryson. Thank you so much. That’s like telling somebody who’s died in a crash, ‘Drive safely now.’”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Yet A House of Dynamite could scarcely be timelier.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
The Education Department’s recent launch of a portal for universities’ foreign-funding disclosures was even timelier than officials likely realized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
But unfortunately for the Fed, the timelier releases won’t come until after, Reid added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
CMS also argues the VRDC, which is already used by some external researchers, provides data in a timelier and more cost-effective manner.
From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2024
The beds i' the East are soft; and, thanks to you, That call'd me, timelier than my purpose, hither; For I have gained by it.
From Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare, William
“Payrolls tend to be a better guide to the economy’s true momentum than the timeliest estimates of GDP,” wrote Sam Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics in a note Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
The timeliest hit Sunday came from first baseman Carlos Santana, with whom the Mariners are 11-1 since acquiring him from the Royals.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2022
“Phase Six,” about a future pandemic, is his timeliest novel yet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
But Bolshevism on Trial is the movie that the Jennings Daily Times-Record of Jennings, Louisiana famously proclaimed “the timeliest picture ever screened” on June 3, 1919!
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2020
To die "untimely," as men called it, was the timeliest of all deaths for one who had carved his youth to greatness.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
Vocabulary lists containing timely
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 2
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