How to Use deadline in a Sentence

deadline

noun
  • 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.
  • At the deadline, the Warriors could have waved the white flag.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The goal at the deadline shouldn’t be to make a move simply to make one.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
  • He was sent to the Padres as part of the Juan Soto deal at the deadline.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The deadline for the district to file the appeal is Jan. 6.
    — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2023
  • After the trade deadline, the Reds have a 15-20 record.
    — The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2022
  • But the deadline in L.A. is decades away, scheduled for the 2040s.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Zucker knows the Sabres could trade him at the deadline.
    — Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The first handover deadline was March 14 and the second was May 30.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
  • That would put the deadline for a new grocery store in May 2024.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • The Sox acquired Eovaldi in a trade with the Rays at the 2018 deadline.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The new deadline, which had been Jan. 13, is now unclear.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
  • But, hey, this is a half-marathon (Chubb was acquired at the Nov. 1 trade deadline), not a sprint.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • If May 15 falls on a weekend, the protest deadline is the next business day.
    — Wesley Ratko, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But as the deadline neared, fear rose that Trump’s actions would spark a trade war.
    — Lucy Bayly, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The deadline for applying to be in the parade is Nov. 28.
    — Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The April 2 tariff deadline could be a disruptive, but not catastrophic, event for stocks, according to the options market.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
  • In the weeks and months leading up to a sailing—usually before the final payment deadline—cruise lines may send guests an email notification inviting them to bid for an upgrade.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 28 Mar. 2025

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