premature
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Optimists claim that closure isn’t a certainty, that a final decision hasn’t been made, that the media is writing a premature obituary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The warmth and premature melt mean the state’s forests will dry out a month earlier than usual, or even more, Peter Gleick, a leading water scientist and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
We have heard that declaration many times over the past decade — and as before, it is a premature conclusion.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
Ministers argued a ban was premature as the government was already considering introducing its own restrictions and MPs instead voted to give ministers powers to bring in their own rules.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Things were far from over, but at the first premature signs that the day’s search was breaking up we headed rapidly and silently for the car.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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