punctual
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Other barbers can be inconsistent from cut to cut, but are punctual and personable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Nora resides among an assortment of odd-duck tenants, feeding daily breakfast to a punctual seagull she names Father Conway and finding secular outlets for her abiding curiosity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Switzerland is renowned for its extensive and punctual rail network, with frequent services between cities, towns and even villages.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
The bakery runs on its own kind of liturgy: a punctual 10:30 a.m. batch, and a second that might appear anytime between 4:30 and 6, the sort of unpredictability you start building your afternoon around.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
And at half-past three, punctual to the moment, I heard the sound of Beatrice’s car round the sweep of the drive and pull up at the steps before the house.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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