as in immediate
done, carried out, or given without delay
the punctual delivery of the daily mail
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Recent Examples of punctual
Oklahoma City can shrink better than any team in the league and still recover to the perimeter in punctual fashion.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
Benito arrives, punctual, at exactly ten o’clock in the morning, wearing a camouflage print T-shirt, Sky High Farm jeans with an orange bandana in one of the back pockets, and yellow ballerina-style sneakers from his own collaboration with Adidas.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 1 May 2025
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are a punctual couple!
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Globally, Aeromexico was the most punctual airline with 93 percent of flights arriving on time.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2025
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
Benito arrives, punctual, at exactly ten o’clock in the morning, wearing a camouflage print T-shirt, Sky High Farm jeans with an orange bandana in one of the back pockets, and yellow ballerina-style sneakers from his own collaboration with Adidas.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 1 May 2025
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are a punctual couple!
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Globally, Aeromexico was the most punctual airline with 93 percent of flights arriving on time.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for punctual
Adjective
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Neither the oils nor systemic insecticides give immediate control of adult whiteflies.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 July 2025
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Business Investment Gets Turbocharged Unlimited bonus depreciation remains intact, allowing immediate expensing of qualifying equipment and improvements.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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The National Weather Service (NWS) issued timely forecasts and warnings in advance of Friday's catastrophic flooding in central Texas, but long-standing staffing concerns—including unfilled leadership positions—remained a source of unease among weather professionals.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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However, a timely goal brought some momentum to their sideline.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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The decision was met by swift condemnation and a legal challenge from San Francisco International Airport officials and its legal team which argued the new name would confuse travelers and was a copyright infringement.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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The internet, never one to wait for context, responded with swift certainty, and social feeds lit up with familiar refrains: Hill was late again.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, entirely new roles emerge monthly, such as prompt engineers, AI ethicists, and virtual reality architects.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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This will likely intensify existing river flooding as well as prompt flash flooding in portions of Oklahoma and northern Texas.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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This could be helpful for homes with kids with varied interests or in my home, where a speedy, 55-inch TV in the living room is the best screen available by far.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 July 2025
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Most travelers hope for speedy security lines and simple layouts at airport — but some of America's travel hubs apparently soar above the rest.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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But even countries far from Beijing are making quick shifts.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
9 July 2025
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Chicago police and City Hall officials were quick to note that the shooting was targeted and the victims didn’t live in the neighborhood.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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“Punctual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punctual. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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