tight schedule
noun
: a small amount of time to do something
We have a tight schedule to get this project done.
Examples of tight schedule in a Sentence
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Of course, that requires ESA to meet a tight schedule by sprinting to build, test and launch an ambitious interplanetary mission in less than four years.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
Pledging to keep prosecutors and defense lawyers on a tight schedule, Sommer has the trial ending July 19.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 July 2024
In her opinion, this camp was mostly oriented on teaching children such skills as time management and leadership, as some tasks are oriented on the proper estimation of the problem and children's ability to take responsibility for decisions and proposing some ideas or solutions in tight schedule.
—Yuriy Zaliznyak, ABC News, 6 July 2024
The actor went on to address how his attempt to accommodate amid his tight schedule was then spun in the media.
—Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 22 June 2024
Being a former lawyer herself, Becky understands that her clients, who have a tight schedule and are always working, forget themselves in the process.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
There is an EVgo station in Santa Rosa, about 20 miles south, but our tight schedule didn’t leave time to divert there from our drive route that went north.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Faced with a tight schedule, Ryan had minimal time for team selection and no time for collective training, resulting in the team’s fourth-place finish out of four teams.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
The film was shot over 30 days in and around London, on a tight schedule with little room to maneuver because the babies could only be on set for 20 minutes at a time.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
Pledging to keep prosecutors and defense lawyers on a tight schedule, Sommer has the trial ending July 19.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 July 2024
In her opinion, this camp was mostly oriented on teaching children such skills as time management and leadership, as some tasks are oriented on the proper estimation of the problem and children's ability to take responsibility for decisions and proposing some ideas or solutions in tight schedule.
—Yuriy Zaliznyak, ABC News, 6 July 2024
The actor went on to address how his attempt to accommodate amid his tight schedule was then spun in the media.
—Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 22 June 2024
Being a former lawyer herself, Becky understands that her clients, who have a tight schedule and are always working, forget themselves in the process.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
There is an EVgo station in Santa Rosa, about 20 miles south, but our tight schedule didn’t leave time to divert there from our drive route that went north.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Faced with a tight schedule, Ryan had minimal time for team selection and no time for collective training, resulting in the team’s fourth-place finish out of four teams.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
The film was shot over 30 days in and around London, on a tight schedule with little room to maneuver because the babies could only be on set for 20 minutes at a time.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
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“Tight schedule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight%20schedule. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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