just-in-time
noun
often attributive
: a manufacturing strategy wherein parts are produced or delivered only as needed
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Coupled with just-in-time access credentials, this significantly reduces persistent data exposure and ensures secure, compliant handling of sensitive information.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The work is on-demand, just-in-time, no-strings-attached.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Similarly, Israel’s methodical strikes on research labs, explosives test sites, reactors, and nuclear scientists has likely set back the Islamic Republic’s work — either toward nuclear breakout or a just-in-time weapon that could be ready within weeks.
—Brett Schaefer, National Review, 23 June 2025
Inefficiencies due to poor forecasting will be tackled by layering in more responsive, just-in-time manufacturing with the typical mass-scale production, which could help mitigate overproduction—another major contributor of emissions.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The work is on-demand, just-in-time, no-strings-attached.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Similarly, Israel’s methodical strikes on research labs, explosives test sites, reactors, and nuclear scientists has likely set back the Islamic Republic’s work — either toward nuclear breakout or a just-in-time weapon that could be ready within weeks.
—Brett Schaefer, National Review, 23 June 2025
Inefficiencies due to poor forecasting will be tackled by layering in more responsive, just-in-time manufacturing with the typical mass-scale production, which could help mitigate overproduction—another major contributor of emissions.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for just-in-time
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“Just-in-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just-in-time. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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