premature

Example Sentences

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The warmth and premature melt mean the state’s forests will dry out a month or more earlier than usual, Gleick said, which increases the risk of wildfires.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"Months later, we heard in the news that premature infants had died in Shifa. I would look at the photos, trying to feel, as a mother, whether this could be my child or not."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Until the underlying biology of so-called cured patients is better understood, they say, it’s premature, and perhaps even irresponsible, to use the term.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Macklem said it was premature to assess the impact of war on Canada’s economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

A pregnant Fifi would have to do what is always done in such cases on the Island—marry immediately and brace herself for the gossip when her "premature baby" comes out fat and fully grown.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez