behind schedule
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“This project is years behind schedule, and the entire community is suffering because of it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Google’s Gemini 3.5 Pro, its most powerful AI model to date, is months behind schedule because of the company’s work to try and boost its performance, according to Bloomberg.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
With the project now more than a year behind schedule, Seaholm said he has scaled it down to about 40,000 square feet to make it affordable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
But recent attempts to build plants have come in over budget and behind schedule, with the latest plant expansion in Georgia costing more than $15 billion above expectations.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 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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