on the docket
idiom
US
1
: on a list of legal cases to be heard by a court
The judge had to postpone some of the cases on the docket.
2
: on a list of things to be considered (by a group of people, such as a committee)
The new library will be the first item on the committee's docket.
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The third-quarter earnings season is barely slowing down, with 129 companies in the S & P 500 — or just over a quarter of the index — on the docket to post results next week.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
The state law authorizing the referendum says the transit authority must complete at least 50% of the Red Line before completing any of the other rail projects on the docket.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of key gun rights cases in the coming months, and other Second Amendment cases could make their way on the docket as the justices consider additional petitions for this term.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
Next on the docket, a bout with another conference rival in Milford.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
The state law authorizing the referendum says the transit authority must complete at least 50% of the Red Line before completing any of the other rail projects on the docket.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of key gun rights cases in the coming months, and other Second Amendment cases could make their way on the docket as the justices consider additional petitions for this term.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
Next on the docket, a bout with another conference rival in Milford.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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“On the docket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20docket. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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