earliness

Definition of earlinessnext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for earliness
Noun
  • It's now known as retinopathy of prematurity.
    Gabriela Saldivia, Scientific American, 3 Dec. 2025
  • In fact, prematurity is the leading cause of infant mortality.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The company emphasizes reliability, redundancy, and certification readiness as development priorities.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
  • To truly assess kindergarten readiness, the approach would have to be holistic — and as a result, costly.
    Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • By way of demonstrating his willingness to take on tough issues, LeBuhn, 37, cites his experience in Lightfoot’s City Hall, helping to spearhead the former mayor’s effort to end aldermanic prerogative, which gives aldermen effective veto power over most zoning decisions in their wards.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Having hit the ground running with the one-two punch of Promising Young Woman (2020) and Saltburn (2023), Fennell immediately showed a knack for provocation and a willingness to poke social-issue bears, even if the aim-to-grasp ratio tended to fall short.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Both leagues were at the whim of the city, its quickness, and willingness to pay for the repairs.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • What’s not arguable is that Burrows should get an Oscar for finding Viggo Mortensen to take over Aragorn with a quickness.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • On the contrary, an entrepreneurial mindset that relies on alacrity, adaptability, curiosity and creativity, along with many other tangible qualities, can position leadership as a collaborative approach.
    Venkat Rao, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • By the end of the film, the world — from government powers to common citizens — comes together with unquestioning alacrity to help build teleportation devices in an effort to save the Earth by relocating it.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Earliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earliness. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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