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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Canada has said it would work with Chinese auto manufacturers on timely vehicle certifications to ensure they meet the country’s motor-vehicle safety standards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“All else being equal, these ‘demand destruction’ channels can limit the required adjustment in the monetary stance to ensure the timely return of inflation to the target,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
These include failing to carry out "timely and thorough observations" of patients, then falsifying records "in the safe knowledge that staff on duty would not report or escalate the deception".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Interference-free spectrum keeps weather forecasts accurate, emergency alerts and warnings timely, and climate data reliable so communities can prepare, respond and build resilience," Bogdan-Martin stressed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
He had talked with them, acquainted them with family gossip, instructed them occasionally when it had seemed timely and proper for him to do so.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Williams said the September hike was designed to support “a timelier return to 2% inflation.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
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
It nothing else, it is the timeliest release of the year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
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
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
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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