overdue

Example Sentences

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Greece's Supreme Court has now ruled that prosecutors must investigate possible violations of biosecurity measures, which many critics say is overdue.

From BBC

Mahoney told MarketWatch that given how long the stock market had gone without a significant decline, a pullback had been long overdue.

From MarketWatch

In its Green Budget, the Institute for Fiscal Studies described a revaluation of council tax bands as "long overdue".

From BBC

If journalism is the first draft of history, documentary filmmaking is often an overdue, dog-eared galley proof with no cover art.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The US government is showing the way forward; something that is long overdue in Germany. All forms of extremism must be combated, and all terrorist organisations must be fought and banned."

From BBC