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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The moment drew immediate backlash online and in international media, with critics calling their comments incendiary.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
15 July 2025
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Sanctions could have been immediate, if President Trump had wanted, or much higher - such as the 500 percent tariff rate being proposed in a bi-partisan bill in the US Senate.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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Mentors provide pattern recognition, network amplification, confidence calibration, timely feedback, and more.—
David Henkin,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The timely project received a $2,500 cash award and $2,500 in-kind consultation award for a project in development from Masna3.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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The swift decline of Vidalia Mills in Louisiana—if it can even be said to have truly taken off—is a telling example.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
22 July 2025
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If the governor opens the door to these projects, the blowback will be swift, vocal, and impossible to ignore.—
Laura Shindell,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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Take prompt engineering—the once fastest-growing job title and skill on LinkedIn is now fairly obsolete.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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To get started, select Video from Gemini’s prompt box and upload a photo.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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And his first step is quick enough to blow by speedy guards, creating the separation needed to find his teammates.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Simpson, the speedy rookie who has been a weapon on the bases, made a mental error that kept the Rays from taking a third-inning lead.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Instead, use this time to wind down maybe by stretching, reading, journaling or even doing a quick emotional check-in.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Cutting the butter and cream cheese into smaller pieces and scattering them on top helps the pieces melt into the corn at a quicker and more even pace than if left whole.—
Marianne Williams,
Southern Living,
21 July 2025
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“Punctual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punctual. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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