behind schedule

Example Sentences

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The rain in Windsor, North Carolina, is way behind schedule.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Admittedly, the chip announcement comes months behind schedule.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Later that day, one of the trainees asked me whether they were already behind schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

This caused disruption, leading to empty shelves in the all important run up to Christmas trading, a "nightmare" putting the turnaround six months behind schedule, they said.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Recognizing that the architects’ delays had put everything behind schedule, he inserted into the construction contracts clauses that made him a “czar,” as the Chicago Tribune put it.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson