How to Use no/not later than in a Sentence

no/not later than

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  • The landscape is changing by the minute, and the time to pivot is no later than now.
    Mark Mahle, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Kids should see a dentist by the time their first tooth appears and no later than their first birthday.
    Bevone Ritchie, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • And the Stanley Cup needs to be awarded no later than the first week in June.
    James Mirtle, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Customers who want the last bottles of Lakefront should plan to buy the beer no later than March.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The goal is for all students to meet the standard by the end of their junior years and no later than graduation.
    Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The changes will take place no later than July 11, according to the release.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • The rule would guarantee all train fleets would be zero-emission no later than 2058.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • Mail-in ballots should be postmarked no later than Tuesday, June 25.
    ABC News, 25 June 2024
  • The move comes ahead of parliamentary elections that must be held no later than April in Greenland.
    Gqlshare, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
  • All of it may disappear by the closing of the week or not later than Sunday, especially if fanned by a strong wind.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The goal is then to have all the medals completed and in Little Rock no later than January.
    Mitchell Gladstone, Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2023
  • He is expected to take over as CEO no later than October this year.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The Finals will wrap up with a potential Game 7 no later than June 18.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2023
  • New Jersey's funds will go out no later than the end of May, according to Yahoo News.
    Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 1 May 2023
  • The standard, approved by the board in January, should be met by the end of the 10th grade and no later than graduation.
    Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
  • But the village needs to start spending the money no later than July and finish by June 2026.
    Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
  • In both cases, the plan would see Ukraine rebuild its forces this year and resume counterattacks no later than in the spring of 2025.
    Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Carr is ranked as high as the 150th-best prospect in the nation, but most scouts expect his name to be called as early as the bottom of the second round and no later than the third.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • According to the original brief, the first Liberty Lifter was to take to the air by no later than 2028.
    New Atlas, 11 July 2025

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