How to Use deadline in a Sentence

deadline

noun
Definition of deadlinenext
  • We had to hurry to meet the deadline.
  • The project was completed a week past its deadline.
  • She worked on her composition right up until the deadline.
  • They're working under a deadline.
  • The deadline for submitting college applications is April 19th.
  • In seconds, all the quotes gathered before, and those to come, were lost in the fog of deadline war.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Polls closed at 7 p.m. in Arizona, but voters who were in line before that time were able to cast their ballots after the deadline.
    — Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The jam is serious business for the competing teams, who often work around the clock or sleep in shifts to make the 48-hour deadline.
    — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Once back at her office and with a deadline looming, Ms. Wells completed her work with watercolors or acrylics.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Cardi's original deadline to complete the service was in January, but has now been extended to March 1.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
  • For the first time, the United States had relatively precise rules and deadlines governing each state’s determination of its slate of electors.
    — Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The goal at the deadline shouldn’t be to make a move simply to make one.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
  • The first handover deadline was March 14 and the second was May 30.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
  • The deadline to file to for the New Hampshire primary is the same day, on Oct. 27.
    — Abby Cruz, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • To meet its deadline, San Diego would have to work more than three times as fast.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
  • With the trade deadline looming and the big league bullpen struggling, now might be the best time to do just that.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2024
  • Friday's deadline to fund the government is the first of two.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The deadline to register is the end of the business day on Monday, Oct. 7.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The two sides still have more than a month before a July 17 deadline.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
  • Any deal was always going to be via trade and the Heat has until the trade deadline.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024
  • Prigozhin set May 10 as the deadline for the withdrawal of his fighters.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2023
  • McAfee agreed to postpone that deadline to Feb. 1 for Meadows and Clark.
    — Kate Brumback The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Clark’s lawyers asked a Georgia judge for more time to meet the deadlines in these three proceedings.
    — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Because of that, the bullpen is likely moving up on the Dodgers’ trade deadline shopping list.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • But Parson doesn’t seem too concerned by the tight deadline.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Just before the Wednesday deadline to free Dunn, the state’s top court stopped his release to let the appeal process play out.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • This comes a day ahead of Tuesday's franchise tag deadline.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Now imagine trying to sort through all of that junk while on deadline and under threat.
    — Makena Kelly, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Despite thriving as a starter over the first half of the season, he was moved to the bench when the Heat acquired Kevin Love on Feb. 20 ahead of the buyout deadline.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
  • With only a few days left before the looming contract deadline, things are still very much up in the air.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 July 2024

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