well-timed

Example Sentences

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The White House warned staff on March 24 against improperly leveraging their positions to place well-timed bets in futures markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is reaping the benefits of its well-timed Juniper Networks acquisition.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

And in recent weeks, these well-timed dropping-deep movements have been seen at Etihad Stadium.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Bogle made a well-timed burst onto Ilia Gruev's pin-point pass over the Forest defence and the defender kept his cool to beat Ortega with a low finish at the near post.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

I almost expected a rebuff for this hardly well-timed question, but, on the contrary, waking out of his scowling abstraction, he turned his eyes towards me, and the shade seemed to clear off his brow.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë