behind schedule

Example Sentences

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The rain in Windsor, North Carolina, is way behind schedule.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

The latter are complicated, expensive and behind schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Admittedly, the chip announcement comes months behind schedule.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Pierre-Olivier Beckers, the head of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission for the 2030 Games, said at an IOC Session ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games that preparations were "behind schedule".

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

In Chicago, despite the tireless efforts of his young lieutenant Harry Codman, the work was far behind schedule, the task ahead growing more enormous by the day.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson