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
Homes are months behind schedule, and contractors face an uphill battle to recruit more workers to finish them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 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
Inevitably Abel would get behind schedule on a car, and since he was our ride, we’d have to wait for him to finish before we could go home.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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