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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At an international or state level, there are regulations in place, but putting them into practice in a timely fashion is difficult enough - and often there isn't even the will to attempt this.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
She has helped a lot, but things weren’t done in a timely way — that is, not anticipating his needs before he went on Medicare.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The NFL kickoff served as a timely reminder that while other teams have received more early hype, the Seahawks still figure to be a force as they try to win back-to-back titles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
But the timely evacuation saved some 900 lives.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
If not for the young housemaid’s sense of duty—and Simon’s timely arrival, of course—the children might have been whisked off to spend the day alone with Judge Quinzy, an uncomfortable notion at best.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
And as the statement said, we’ll do it on a timelier basis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Yet A House of Dynamite could scarcely be timelier.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 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 William Shakespeare
“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
Perhaps the timeliest work on view right now is “Justice for Our Lives,” a series of digital portraits of victims of police brutality, created by Oree Originol.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2020
What man than Aias was more provident, Or who for timeliest action more approved?
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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