as in early
occurring before the usual or expected time
his premature arrival at his own surprise party almost ruined everything
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Recent Examples of premature
No premature judgment and no overwrought sympathy here.
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Bob Wojnowski,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Casper rejected the administration’s argument that the lawsuit to block the changes brought by Democratic state attorneys general was premature because the rules had yet to be implemented.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
Up to 60% of full-term babies develop jaundice during the first week of life, and 80% of premature babies do, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
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Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Climate change will contribute to 700,000 premature annual deaths around the world by 2030, according to a May 2022 study.
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Colette Davidson,
Christian Science Monitor,
24 June 2026
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Bob Wojnowski,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Casper rejected the administration’s argument that the lawsuit to block the changes brought by Democratic state attorneys general was premature because the rules had yet to be implemented.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
Up to 60% of full-term babies develop jaundice during the first week of life, and 80% of premature babies do, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Climate change will contribute to 700,000 premature annual deaths around the world by 2030, according to a May 2022 study.
—
Colette Davidson,
Christian Science Monitor,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for premature
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premature
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Hours after a woman was found shot to death in a Cedar Hill home early Thursday, detectives arrested her boyfriend on a murder charge, police said.
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The lake's level typically bottoms out each spring before melting snow begins refilling it through early summer.
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Why Basquiat endures Sirmans said there are many reasons why more than three decades after his untimely death from a drug overdose in 1988 at the age of 27, Basquiat remains one of the defining artists of the late 20th century.
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Following the untimely demise of his Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in 2016, Spencer released the Spencer Gets it Lit album alongside The HITmakers in 2022.
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The exercise also included unexpected financial setbacks.
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The settlement that ended Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's blockbuster legal war began with an unexpected Friday night phone call.
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From a fatal weekend crash on the I-184 Connector to a sudden summer cooldown, here’s a roundup of top stories the Idaho Statesman has published this week.
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The blockbuster rulings that dominate the news cycle each June are not sudden flashes of judicial willpower.
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That’s why my millennial children listen to that sixty-year-old music now, whereas, in 1964, only a precocious Mahler buff would have listened to the music of 1904.
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Sandeep is nothing loath to make trouble for his annoyingly precocious little sister.
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These headwinds are particularly inopportune for the spring market, traditionally the busiest for the housing sector.
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Golden State played uncharacteristically, giving up open shots and turning the ball over at inopportune times.
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“Premature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premature. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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