How to Use well-timed in a Sentence
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This year’s event is also well-timed because the peak falls on the weekend.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
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All five times, their jumps were so well-timed that McGuire held the ball instead of throwing down.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
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The performances will be well-timed for both Fender and Young.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2025
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That 24-hour delay was well-timed for Hollingsworth, whose frostbitten eye had more hours to heal.
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
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Many of Grossman’s trades were well-timed, but few were as timely as his June 2011 purchases.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2023
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The cuts are well-timed throughout, supportive of both the comic punchlines and the tragic gut punches.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
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Texas’ two off weeks are well-timed: one in Week 5, just before the Oklahoma-Georgia combo, and the first week of November, right before the season’s final stretch.
—Sam Khan Jr., The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
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Sources say this likely means that the director’s new film won’t make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, but the late September release date is well-timed to the fall film festivals.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
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While not wanting random objects hurled at her head is already a reasonable ask, Swift's concern is also well-timed.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2023
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All five said this sort of fact pattern could draw scrutiny from regulators because of how well-timed the trades were, and how anomalous compared to Sloan’s trades before and after.
—Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 22 June 2023
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Wu’s decision to build a huge chain of cinemas in China appeared well-timed, given the rapid expansion of the China film industry.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
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Read her fascinating story, which begins with an unexpected but well-timed release of sea star sperm just before a planned spawn.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
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Disney’s Hulu trial is well-timed, given its spat with Spectrum leaving cable customers with legally dubious options for watching some of the year’s biggest sports events.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 9 Sep. 2023
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The symbolism of Biden’s personal trip to Kyiv delivered a salutary message and was well-timed to counterprogram Putin’s petulant propaganda speech this week.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Feb. 2023
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Tomé said the moves were well-timed given ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty, but declined to update the company’s full-year outlook.
—Kevin Williams, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
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The trial is well-timed: Since the proliferation of fentanyl, many patients have found that buprenorphine treatment induces intolerable withdrawal symptoms, essentially eliminating it as an option.
—Lev Facher, STAT, 24 Feb. 2023
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