untimely
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In the years since World War II, as steel production slowed and agriculture became one big subsidy, untimely ends became one of the few things you could still expect the U.S. to make itself.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Year: 2013 Compiled by: Slate Staff Of note: Published in honor of Gandolfini after the Sopranos star’s untimely death.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
And the 1955 “East of Eden,” directed by Ms. Kazan’s grandfather Elia, was the only James Dean movie that James Dean got to see; his untimely death and posthumous mythology made it a pop-cultural totem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Earl Spencer's emotional and defiant speech at her funeral added to that cloud of grievance hanging over Diana's untimely death.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The poor squirrel was the only creature that might be trusted to give an honest accounting of the events that had led to its untimely arrival at the party.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing untimely
Romeo and Juliet
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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