schedule
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One common example is social jet lag, which occurs when a person's sleep schedule shifts between workdays and days off.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
They have beaten just one currently ranked team, Oregon at 13th, and given the expansion of the Big Ten have drawn a very soft conference schedule.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
With voter registration far from being completed, the schedule for a December vote also presented significant logistical challenges.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
The central bank’s proposed schedule calls for eight meetings in 2027, as is typical, but notes that the meeting slated for late October will not include a policy decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Since I have my schedule, I’m guessing not.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Even relatively small changes in daily schedules may disrupt the body's internal clock.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
U.S. airlines operate on tight schedules, and have cut flights in recent months as one way to face rising jet-fuel costs.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Last year, a Chinese national was convicted for passing on information about flight schedules and cargo movements at Leipzig-Halle airport.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
She and her husband, Colin Jost, who is busy with another season of “Saturday Night Live,” coordinate their schedules to keep their children’s lives as normal as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
If they were spotted, the plan was to go to school and fake out their schedules as best they could, having neither books in their bags nor musical instruments in their cases.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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A nationwide FAA ground stop on Friday disrupted travel for at least a dozen college football teams scheduled to play Saturday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Legislative and presidential elections had been scheduled for December 22, having already been delayed several times.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
The DOT defines this as departing or arriving at least three hours later than scheduled for domestic flights and at least six hours later than scheduled for international flights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
“We will continue to monitor developments and work with our institutions to determine whether any adjustments to scheduled competitions become necessary.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Gordon Lim’s trial was scheduled to begin in Vancouver the following Monday, October 18, but the Mounties still hadn’t found a way to break his messages.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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“The text thread is popping,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said on “The Paul Finebaum Show” and took a shot at scheduling made more complex by recent waves of conference realignment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
The team encountered technical difficulties and scheduling constraints that prevented it from finishing the entire antenna.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
But at the last minute the event was moved to Paris, with only scheduling reasons given for the change.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
“Grand Theft Auto VI” is already the hottest videogame in years, and many gamers are preparing for its Nov. 19 release by scheduling the day off.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Now she did the scheduling and administered shots.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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