just in time
Example Sentences
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The DOD is moving to in-stock from just-in-time inventory, which makes sense.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
His just-in-time epiphany leads him to do the very thing he has spent his whole career eschewing: substitute a simple calculus of immediate military advantage for legalistic code.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
“A just-in-time mindset that has persisted for almost three decades is giving way to a just-in-case approach, though delivering on these ambitions is challenging,” the report said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
These included Southwest’s quick turnaround, just-in-time, low-overhead operational culture and the inadequacy of its technological systems to manage if the schedule blew out at any seam.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
We were still a couple blocks from the shop, but I wanted to put the brakes on the just-in-time lecture.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
