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deadline

Definition for deadline

noun as in due date

Strongest matches

limit, period, time limit

Strong matches

bound, cutoff

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Example Sentences

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Right now, 68 million Americans have a deadline coming up: the deadline to decide their Medicare health coverage for next year if they’re over age 65 or have major disabilities.

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The court did not set a deadline for the adoption of a conscription law, but only for a debate on the issue in parliament.

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The negotiations had been taking place against a Sunday deadline for EU countries to make initial bids for the loans, expected to be issued next year.

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Through their solicitor, they gave a deadline after which they would no longer be able to offer Liam a home, and it would become the council's duty to accommodate him.

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Venezuela has banned six major international airlines from landing in the country after they failed to meet a 48-hour deadline to resume flights there.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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