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deadline

Definition for deadline

noun as in due date

Strongest matches

limit, period, time limit

Strong matches

bound, cutoff

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There was a flicker of hope for them when, just before the trade deadline, they acquired lineman Trevor Penning from the New Orleans Saints.

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It would allow complainants to take an appeal directly to the Department of Education when a district fails to meet the 60-day response deadline.

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Other concerns include a tight deadline for the roadway’s first phase.

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On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paramount, Comcast, and Netflix are preparing bids for Warner Brothers Discovery ahead of a Nov. 20 deadline for first round offers.

Above all, what one of Mr. Fox’s subjects called “a change of attitude to time” becomes necessary, with intense mental concentration supplanting deadline anxiety and rushed execution.

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