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deadline

[ded-lahyn] / ˈdɛdˌlaɪn /


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She added: "We missed a deadline to enter a 30-year lease of the building, which will have a serious long-term effect."

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

“I really don’t. We expect him to be pitching. ... So I don’t think that our approach to the deadline has changed given these last three weeks with Shohei.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Most likely, the Dodgers’ deadline moves will be around the periphery.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Paramount’s deadline to complete its merger with Warner is March 4, 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Leaders envisioned a powerful show of unity, a massive crowd of blacks and whites together parading through the Black Belt, crossing as one over the deadline, celebrating their common bond as laborers.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

We have to say no a hundred times a day and still keep people motivated on weekly deadlines.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

One marker, who spoke to the BBC via Your Voice in June and asked not to be named, said internal deadlines had consistently been pushed back.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Tax deadlines are looming and there is not a lot of time left on the clock to make adjustments.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

The state grants came with deadlines for work to be completed, which city officials have said they were unable to meet because of budget and staffing cuts in the city’s engineering, transportation and other departments.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

The idea seemed to be that there weren’t deadlines in that world, just guidelines.”

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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