behind schedule
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: not according to schedule : late
We're running about five minutes behind schedule.
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In true pop-diva fashion, the show began about 30 minutes behind schedule.
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Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
Carrillo says that construction projects were 14% behind schedule when Trump took office, but that has now risen to 22% as deportations and immigration enforcement have thinned out the construction labor market.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 27 June 2025
If the goal is to be described as someone others like working with, what does that sound like on a Tuesday afternoon, when everything is behind schedule?
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The guy can deliver a game-changing EV, to be sure, but many of his more ambitious projects are notoriously behind schedule.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
Carrillo says that construction projects were 14% behind schedule when Trump took office, but that has now risen to 22% as deportations and immigration enforcement have thinned out the construction labor market.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 27 June 2025
If the goal is to be described as someone others like working with, what does that sound like on a Tuesday afternoon, when everything is behind schedule?
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The guy can deliver a game-changing EV, to be sure, but many of his more ambitious projects are notoriously behind schedule.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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“Behind schedule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20schedule. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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