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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Also on the docket for the company on the live-action side is the action thriller Seventeen, based on the novel from screenwriter John Brownlow.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
Also on the docket are addressing major layoffs that have swept the industry in the last few years (the union estimates that about one-third of its working members have been laid off in the last year alone) and outsourcing of work to foreign countries.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Seven firms were invited to present, with four separate meetings on the docket, according to multiple sources who were granted anonymity because the matter is private.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Disney and 20th Century Studios have two more Avatar films on the docket.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
Also on the docket are addressing major layoffs that have swept the industry in the last few years (the union estimates that about one-third of its working members have been laid off in the last year alone) and outsourcing of work to foreign countries.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Seven firms were invited to present, with four separate meetings on the docket, according to multiple sources who were granted anonymity because the matter is private.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Disney and 20th Century Studios have two more Avatar films on the docket.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
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