correct time

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Only cells containing proteins that switched at the correct time continued to divide.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

And then I became of age, which was 5, and that was the correct time for me to be introduced to it and I loved it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

For homeowners who prefer a lower-risk approach to treating their trees, Gill recommends spraying the trees with horticultural oil as long as it is done at the correct time.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

However, official advice is to start offering solid foods alongside milk at around six months old, and the government has launched a campaign on the correct time to wean due to parents starting earlier.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023

I was tired, sleepy; I did not want to look at the watch again, but I was satisfied that, on the whole, I had given him the correct time.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright