Definition of target date
: the date set for an event or for the completion of a project, goal, or quota
Examples of target date in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web The comments possibly hint at December being the new target date for restarting sailings in some U.S. ports.
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Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, "More Major Cruise Lines Cancel Sailings Through November," 7 Oct. 2020 And there’s still no target date to complete the cleanup.
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NBC News, "'We've been forgotten': In Newark, N.J., a toxic Superfund site faces growing climate threats," 1 Oct. 2020 Koh is holding a hearing on Friday to determine whether the Trump administration violated her order by putting out a statement that Oct. 5 was a target date for ending the census or whether it should be held in contempt.
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Mike Schneider, Star Tribune, "Census takers: We're being told to finish early, cut corners," 30 Sep. 2020 The European Union wanted Chinese greenhouse-gas emissions to peak by 2025 instead of the country’s target date of 2030.
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Jess Shankleman, Bloomberg.com, "China Pledges Carbon Neutrality by 2060 and Tighter Climate Goal," 22 Sep. 2020 Eastern time on Tuesday documents related to the decision to set Oct. 5 as a target date for wrapping up self-response and field enumerations.
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Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, "Census Bureau announces new ‘target date’ of Oct. 5 to finish 2020 Census count," 29 Sep. 2020 The target date for federal criminal trials — where there are often multiple defendants and a greater number of jurors are seated through a more arduous process — is early November in Hartford.
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Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, "For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, jury trials return to Connecticut courts with a new look, beginning Monday," 21 Sep. 2020 Team owner Robert Sarver had an initial Aug. 1 target date at the groundbreaking ceremony last November.
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Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, "Phoenix Suns hopeful $45-million practice facility is completed in October," 19 Sep. 2020 The county is looking at Oct. 19 as a target date to shift to a hybrid model of remote and in-person instruction, though that is contingent on certain COVID-19 measures being met and will be discussed at future board meetings.
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Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "'It was kind of overwhelming’: Carroll County students, teachers adapting during unprecedented first day of school," 8 Sep. 2020
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The first known use of target date was in 1945
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