behind schedule
Example Sentences
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However, the government has fallen behind schedule in its target to build 10,000 new affordable homes each year by 2032.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
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
Thousands of people waiting in a rainy Piazza del Duomo cheered as torchbearer Nicoletta Manni, an Italian ballerina, carried it into the square, over an hour behind schedule.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
His box truck was loaded down with oxygen tanks and he was already forty minutes behind schedule.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
