as in early
before the usual or expected time
dropped in inopportunely, before dinner was ready
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Adverb
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Lemon made his first public comments after federal authorities arrested him on Thursday for partaking in an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church earlier this month.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026 -
The House is expected to come back early next week to take up the Senate deal, which includes five spending bills but stripped out a bipartisan bill funding DHS until September and replaced it with a two-week bill.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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There’s an ongoing jazz renaissance in Los Angeles, one loosely rooted in the genre’s prematurely and cyclically proclaimed death — the same way the city’s celebrities tend to become franchises in the afterlife, worth more dead than alive.—
Celina Pereira,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Their gross mismanagement of the situation ultimately led to an innocent American, who was only trying to document the actions of ICE and the Border Patrol by lawfully videoing them using his cell phone, having his young life prematurely snuffed out.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Officers immediately tackled and arrested Kazmierczak, who was jailed on a preliminary third-degree assault charge, police spokesperson Trevor Folke said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Instead of waiting for her director to share the data, Amber replied immediately to these emails.—
Chris Lipp,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Inopportunely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inopportunely. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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