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.
  • The deadline passed with no deal.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
  • What is the deadline to file a claim?
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 3 Feb. 2026
  • When is the deadline to file a claim?
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • No deadlines have yet been set.
    — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But that deadline has since passed.
    — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • That deadline passed last week.
    — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And sold and sold and sold at the trade deadline.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Is there a deadline for which the shares must be sold?
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • That pushed the deadline out to the end of that week.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But since the deadline is now so close, some have closed.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • Be sure to pick it up now before the deadline hits.
    — Malarie Gokey, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2026
  • That’s not going to change at the deadline.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
  • But that deadline could be pushed back further.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2026
  • What's the deadline to turn in my ballot?
    — Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • There are trade deadline options out there.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 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
  • That could shake up the trade-deadline landscape leaguewide.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The Bulls have too many guards after the trade deadline.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Whom should Dallas try to sell at the deadline?
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
  • At the deadline, the Warriors could have waved the white flag.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The Heat should also have that deadline.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026
  • The deadline to avert a shutdown is tonight at midnight.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Four years of going for it, of loading up at the trade deadline.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • That deadline now expires in mid-April.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
  • When is the deadline to file a claim for a Covid-era tax refund?
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 15 May 2026

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