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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