target date
nounDefinition of target date
: the date set for an event or for the completion of a project, goal, or quota
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Twitter first announced the shutdown in April, with a target date of June 19th. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Twitter officially kills off key features in third-party apps," 16 Aug. 2018 State officials who had planned to open Phoenix before the state fiscal year ends on Saturday haven’t disclosed a new target date. — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, "Pa.'s $400 million prison opening delayed," 29 June 2018 The European Union on Tuesday set a target date to begin membership talks with Macedonia next year but warned the country would have to vigorously pursue domestic reforms for negotiations to start in earnest. — Laurence Norman, WSJ, "EU Targets Next Year for Accession Talks With Macedonia After Name Change," 26 June 2018 The data also won’t be used to target dating service users with ads on other Facebook services, like Instagram or WhatsApp. — Don Reisinger, Fortune, "Why Facebook Won't Put Ads on Its Dating App," 7 May 2018 Some fund companies sell more than one line of target date funds. — Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, "Target date funds surge as more workers put 401(k) plans on autopilot," 5 June 2018 But details are not spelled out on planning, building and maintaining the park and a seven-year buildout is contingent on reaching a sales agreement that has no target date. — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, "SDSU West ballot measure poses questions of city control," 6 Mar. 2018 Sunday, July 1, 2018, had been the target date to open pot shops in Massachusetts, but no retail licenses have yet been awarded. — Washington Post, "For cannabis legalization in New England, it’s a slow burn," 30 June 2018 Faced with obstructive foreigners, China might well find that the target date of Made in China 2025 is overly ambitious. — The Economist, "A threatened trade war between China and America may be on hold," 24 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'target date.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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