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deadlines

NOUN

due date

Synonyms

STRONGEST

limit period time limit

STRONG

bound cutoff

WEAK

target date time frame zero hour

Example Sentences

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The company is not afraid of breezing past deadlines.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Screen shots show the targeted threats from the group began on Sunday, with deadlines given on Thursday and 12 May, Luke Connolly, a threat analyst at the cyber security firm Emisoft, told the Associated Press.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Under certain circumstances, these excluded victims and others who missed earlier filing deadlines can still sue the Sacklers directly.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Writers never really fully stop — just ask my “Unretirement” colleague Richard Eisenberg — but we can walk away from daily deadlines and limited vacation time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Even when they were separated by a wall of drawings and deadlines, she was still there.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn