behind schedule
Example Sentences
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The rain in Windsor, North Carolina, is way behind schedule.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
Sphere was completed in 2023 for $2.3 billion, or nearly $1 billion over budget and years behind schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Glen Sannox began sailings last year, almost seven years behind schedule.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
The stock then popped when Musk achieved the stated target slightly behind schedule.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Recognizing that the architects’ delays had put everything behind schedule, he inserted into the construction contracts clauses that made him a “czar,” as the Chicago Tribune put it.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
