well-timed

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In recent months, online sleuths have drawn attention to Polymarket accounts that made lucrative, well-timed bets on announcements from Google and OpenAI and on developments in the U.S. war with Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Who’s to say whether various well-timed trades on tech companies’ product releases are coming from insiders?

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Lloyd's searing finish was at least a moment to savour after Nelson's terrific vision and kick, as well as Rollie's well-timed pass.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Congressional action around prediction markets began in the wake of the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, when a suspected insider made a well-timed bet on Maduro’s ouster through the prediction-market platform Polymarket.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 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