How to Use deadline in a Sentence

deadline

noun
  • We had to hurry to meet the deadline.
  • The project was completed a week past its deadline.
  • She worked on her composition right up until the deadline.
  • They're working under a deadline.
  • The deadline for submitting college applications is April 19th.
  • The goal at the deadline shouldn’t be to make a move simply to make one.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
  • The first handover deadline was March 14 and the second was May 30.
    Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
  • The deadline to file to for the New Hampshire primary is the same day, on Oct. 27.
    Abby Cruz, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • To meet its deadline, San Diego would have to work more than three times as fast.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
  • Friday's deadline to fund the government is the first of two.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The deadline to register is the end of the business day on Monday, Oct. 7.
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The two sides still have more than a month before a July 17 deadline.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
  • McAfee agreed to postpone that deadline to Feb. 1 for Meadows and Clark.
    Kate Brumback The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Clark’s lawyers asked a Georgia judge for more time to meet the deadlines in these three proceedings.
    Perry Stein, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Because of that, the bullpen is likely moving up on the Dodgers’ trade deadline shopping list.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • The deadline to request a preorder is 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 7.
    Morgan Womack, The Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2023
  • Extending the deadline signals the board still clearly believes in the power of Iger.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
  • As today’s 3 p.m. NBA trade deadline looms, will the Heat make another move?
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Advocates beat the deadline to get the measure on the November ballot by a month.
    Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The deadline to email photos of the diorama entries is noon on Friday, March 22.
    Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But there may be other deadlines that force faster action.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Giolito started the season with the White Sox, but was traded to the Angels with Lopez before the deadline.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Neither one agreed to a multiyear contract by the deadline.
    Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • The Kings didn’t make any meaningful moves ahead of Thursday’s deadline, but there was still plenty to discuss.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Josh Jacobs and Saquon Barkley were among running backs who could not come to an agreement before the deadline last Monday.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • Foy, 61, has not given a hard deadline for her retirement date.
    Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
  • But that deadline has long passed without any decision from the justices.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The move comes days before a deadline for tenants to pay pandemic-era rental arrears.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Most states have the same deadline as the federal government to file state taxes this year: Monday, April 15.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
  • While this deadline has been pushed back, Macron says workers are on track for the December reopening.
    Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023

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