eleventh hour
noun
: the latest possible time before it is too late
still making changes at the eleventh hour
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The festival screened close to 3,000 films to curate its official selection, and programmers shoehorned big name after big name into its lineup right up to the eleventh hour.
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Thomas Page, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
At the end of Season 3, after the two have successfully reinvented her persona and rebuilt her career, Deborah lands the late-night show of her dreams and promises to make Ava head writer, only to renege at the eleventh hour—prompting Ava to clinch the position via blackmail instead.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
But at the eleventh hour the city announced that the new contract couldn’t go forward unless NYPD sergeants agree to 12-hour tours, President Vincent Vallelong told the Daily News.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
So anti-sport Governor Moore huddled with Maryland’s two U.S. senators at the eleventh hour to cast the deciding votes that allowed the Commanders to leave, disappointing millions of adoring Maryland football fans after 27 years of residency.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2025
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Thomas Page, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
At the end of Season 3, after the two have successfully reinvented her persona and rebuilt her career, Deborah lands the late-night show of her dreams and promises to make Ava head writer, only to renege at the eleventh hour—prompting Ava to clinch the position via blackmail instead.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
But at the eleventh hour the city announced that the new contract couldn’t go forward unless NYPD sergeants agree to 12-hour tours, President Vincent Vallelong told the Daily News.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
So anti-sport Governor Moore huddled with Maryland’s two U.S. senators at the eleventh hour to cast the deciding votes that allowed the Commanders to leave, disappointing millions of adoring Maryland football fans after 27 years of residency.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Eleventh hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eleventh%20hour. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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