due date
noun
1
: the day by which something must be done, paid, etc.
The due date for the assignment is Friday.
Tomorrow's the due date for our electricity bill.
2
: the day when a woman is expected to give birth
She started having contractions two weeks before her due date.
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In addition, officials said, another invoice has since gone past its due date, with total overdue balances reaching approximately $916,000.
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Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2026
The gorilla, Olympia, who lives at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, was five days past her due date when a local medical team performed an emergency C-section.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 May 2026
The procedure, performed Sunday at Seattle’s Woodland Zoo, was done on a 29-year-old western lowland gorilla who was five days past her due date, the zoo said in a blog post Tuesday.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 27 May 2026
Their neighbours include Oli (Jay Lycurgo), a loveable goofball who deals heroin to make ends meet, and Conor (Daryl McCormack), whose struggles with alcohol intensify as his pregnant wife Sophie (Lucie Shorthouse) nears her due date.
—Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026
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Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2026
The gorilla, Olympia, who lives at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, was five days past her due date when a local medical team performed an emergency C-section.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 May 2026
The procedure, performed Sunday at Seattle’s Woodland Zoo, was done on a 29-year-old western lowland gorilla who was five days past her due date, the zoo said in a blog post Tuesday.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 27 May 2026
Their neighbours include Oli (Jay Lycurgo), a loveable goofball who deals heroin to make ends meet, and Conor (Daryl McCormack), whose struggles with alcohol intensify as his pregnant wife Sophie (Lucie Shorthouse) nears her due date.
—Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026
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“Due date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/due%20date. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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