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punctuality

[puhngk-choo-al-i-tee] / ˌpʌŋk tʃuˈæl ɪ ti /
NOUN
readiness
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Almost 40 percent of long-distance services arrived late last year -- not including trains that were cancelled, which are not counted in punctuality statistics.

From Barron's Feb. 2, 2026

January is usually a good month for punctuality owing to a relative lack of maintenance and building work on the tracks.

From Barron's Feb. 2, 2026

The manager is not without his obsessions, the most notable being punctuality.

From BBC May 15, 2025

He said his focus was on "high standards of uniform and appearance, punctuality, attendance, behaviour, attitude" and said prevailing approaches to behaviour were misguided.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2025

I don’t think punctuality would be number one on her list of worries if she was.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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