in time to

idiom

: in a way that matched the speed of
We clapped in time to the music.

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The rescue operation to extract Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and transport her to Norway in time to accept her Nobel Peace Prize involved a complex series of complications and various components in land, sea and air. Louis Casiano , Jennifer Griffin , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025 Obviously, hijinks ensue, especially when the wealthy man's daughter heads to the New York mansion after running away from finishing school, and a few other WWII vets and their families enter the mix just in time to spend the holidays together. Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025 Superette recently expanded its hours to be open seven days a week, just in time to make the most of holiday entertaining and gifting. Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 12 Dec. 2025 The spark of enthusiasm in this part of the market arrived just in time to absorb another crisis-of-faith moment in the AI infrastructure complex, with Oracle ’s so-so quarter and unpersuasive assurance about the financing of its multi-year AI cloud buildout pressuring the whole group. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in time to

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“In time to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20time%20to. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.

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