scheduled 1 of 2

as in expected
being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events a scheduled stop for the train

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scheduled

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verb

past tense of schedule
as in listed
to put (someone or something) on a list I've scheduled you for an appointment tomorrow

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Recent Examples of scheduled
Adjective
Appspace, Robin, and Zoom can use Spot’s presence data to automatically reserve a room when someone walks in, check people into scheduled meetings, or release spaces that turn out to be empty. — New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026 Kim, who is a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, also said he was not convinced Republicans would work with Democrats next year to roll back or delay the scheduled Medicaid cuts. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026 But the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t yet made an announcement on TPS for El Salvador, and September 9 is the scheduled ending date for protections for Salvadorans, which were last extended during the final days of the Biden administration. — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 The power went out just minutes before the scheduled kickoff and the delay lasted about 1 hour, 45 minutes. — Associated Pess, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026 Power went out at Doak Campbell Stadium just minutes before the scheduled kickoff and the delay lasted about 1 hour, 45 minutes. — Bob Ferrante, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 Depending on the format, communities can include club facilities, pools, gathering areas, fitness centers, business space and scheduled programming. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 So after almost thirty years, his work in late night was coming to an end at the Largo, and his final show was a week before my scheduled C-section. — Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026 The deployment is officially described as part of a scheduled rotation, with the George Washington expected to take over responsibilities from the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
This week is the last that the Senate is scheduled to be in session before Election Day. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026 The aircraft, an Embraer 175, was scheduled to land at El Paso International Airport about two hours later. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026 Mayer’s run at the Sphere will kick off April 8, with additional shows scheduled on April 10, 11, 15, 17, and 18. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026 Now 50, she is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 McKinsey filed for divorce in December, and a hearing was scheduled for next month. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026 Jac Schaeffer, that show's creator, was scheduled to helm this follow-up as well before bowing out of the Marvel machine, and VisionQuest has been kicking around in development for a bit. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 The lifts are scheduled in the mornings and take between 8 to 12 minutes on average. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026 The survey measured preferences during a particular period in late August, and Venezuela does not currently have a presidential election scheduled under the circumstances posed in the poll. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scheduled
Adjective
  • But perhaps no one feels its expected passage in the Senate as acutely, or as personally, as Peter Mills.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The indie studio defied convention by taking the project out in August, usually considered a dead period with many executives on vacation as the TV business takes a breather before an expected post-Labor Day influx of pitches.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Their marketing falsely listed SpaceX and xAI as holdings, the SEC claims, when the funds never held investments in those companies.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Resting directly across the street from the Selznick estate, the Adelman Residence—designed by Thornton Abell and O’Neil Ford in 1956—is now listed for $25 million with Drew Fenton and Linda May of Carolwood Estates.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The men entered the home with guns, found no drugs and fatally shot the three residents, who lived just across the street from Norman, the records show.
    — MICHAEL GRACZYK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Ruby has entered a world in which every object is also an exam.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The goal was to recapture the way music was recorded decades ago, bringing musicians together to play live, with large instrumental ensembles that, in some tracks, involved more than 90 musicians.
    — Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The figures exclude any outing that was not recorded and uploaded to the app, and neither the Strava data nor the Virginia Tech estimates capture the full range of people who use Ohio Drive.
    — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • While those companies are not named in the Boulder case, they are named as defendants in similar climate lawsuits filed across the country, suits that very likely would be affected by the high court’s ruling.
    — Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Shoppers filed a class action against the company in May, and its finance chief has said Amazon largely absorbed tariff costs rather than passing them on.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Scheduled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scheduled. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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