How to Use past due in a Sentence
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The football gods are past due to give the Dolphins a damned break.
—Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
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Spinach dip, sweet cream and cream cheese had dates on them that were past due and should have been discarded.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
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Even through this crisis, the bank's book of loans more than 90 days past due was zero.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2023
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If customers are 90 days past due, they'll be removed from the program.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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The rate of delinquency, that is debt more than 30 days past due, rose across income groups.
—Harriet Torry, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
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Today, all of the outstanding promissory notes are long past due.
—Jmanning, oregonlive, 30 June 2023
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The time is more than past due to find out what really happened to Van Wyhe, once and for all.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2021
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Shaw never mentions college loans that need paying off or credit card payments that are past due.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
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Shephard says the most important thing to do is resolve any delinquent or past due payments.
—Mekialaya White, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
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The city also emailed reminders this year advising that the parade invoice was past due.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
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His wife, Cindi, opened an envelope taped on their apartment’s blue door that told them the rent was past due.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
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There is no denying that the Cardinals are due (or past due) for a uniform upgrade.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2022
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Before this change, readers were charged 30 cents for each day a book was kept past due, Rodriguez said.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2025
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The country clubs are hotbeds of anxiety, stirring up questions about who lost a job this month, whose bills are past due.
—Dwyer Murphy june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
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Sailors and families affected by doping said the move to begin testing was long past due.
—Dave Philipps, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
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Ally sees growing instances of late-stage delinquencies—those at least 60 days past due.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
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If any payments are more than 10 days past due, the order is cancelled and the fan gets a credit for future events.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
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Severely delinquent loans are more than 60 days past due and defaults are more than 90 days past due.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
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Credit delinquency means credit payments are at least 90 days past due.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
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Debts that are past due 90 days or more equaled $1,666 per capita in the second quarter.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
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Giving the composer an Oscar for his contributions to the form is long past due.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
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To be in default, a borrower must be behind or past due on their monthly payments by at least 270 days.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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Records also reveal safety equipment inspections were hundreds of days past due.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
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Such referrals to the Treasury are required once a loan is 120 days past due, the agency said.
—Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Councilor Dan Boots, a Democrat, objected, saying the raise was more than a decade past due.
—Michael McDaniel, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Sep. 2024
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The fraud was discovered when the resident received a letter from Verizon about a past due amount.
—Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2022
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Nearly 10% of student loan balances are more than 90 days past due, according to the report.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
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The landlord filed its complaint for eviction last September for $3,082 in past due rent.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
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Shaky play on the interior has been one of the Bills' few glaring issues, and the team is past due for a meaningful investment at guard.
—Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023
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But once your debt has reached 180 days past due and is nearing charge-off, the creditor may be more motivated to compromise.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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