behind schedule
Example Sentences
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Admittedly, the chip announcement comes months behind schedule.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Later that day, one of the trainees asked me whether they were already behind schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Thousands of people waiting in a rainy Piazza del Duomo cheered as torchbearer Nicoletta Manni, an Italian ballerina, carried it into the square, over an hour behind schedule.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
The programme is already eight years behind schedule.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
Everything is on schedule, which is to say everything is way behind schedule.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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