How to Use just-in-time in a Sentence

just-in-time

noun
  • Once trust is broken, there is no just-in-time recovery.
    — Jagadeesh Kunda, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That means just-in-time permissions, not standing access.
    — Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Its just-in-time fueling system allows it to be stored for up to 20 years.
    — New Atlas, 21 May 2025
  • Our just-in-time approach to the curriculum has been another key to our success.
    — Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Fresh beef requires a strict just-in-time delivery system that leaves no margin for delay.
    — Pete Suerken, Fortune, 28 May 2026
  • Seeing the internet bring you access to just-in-time information was a big deal.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Students have been remarkably successful in this just-in-time approach.
    — Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Many workers, particularly in the just-in-time economy, work alone as well as live alone.
    — Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Abuwasel added that modern-day supply chains rely heavily on just-in-time logistics.
    — Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Conversely, is there a sufficient premium charged for such just-in-time service?
    — Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • With the just-in-time model, Rise & Fall is operating with agility.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The pandemic revealed that global just-in-time supply chains weren't reliable.
    — Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
  • So the Defense Department sold it off, switching to just-in-time global sourcing.
    — Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
  • Hourly workers instead face the challenge of not having enough hours, or following an unstable just-in-time schedule.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2023
  • This complex story — of just-in-time transformation and its national fallout — likely merits a book of its own.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Microsoft says Solara is being designed around a concept called just-in-time UI.
    — ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
  • Sales leaders simply can't be available to provide the just-in-time coaching that’s needed to improve client interaction.
    — Randy Illig, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Payloads can be regenerated just-in-time for a specific target, and code that appears once may never appear again.
    — Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The truth is that just-in-time production relies on specialization in manufacturing.
    — Benny Buller, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The solution is zero standing privilege with ephemeral access, ensuring users get just-in-time rights only when needed.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Proven traditional practices such as just-in-time inventory and dual sourcing have proved to be reactive strategies.
    — Dileep Rai, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The practical target is just-in-time access by default, perpetual only by exception.
    — Jagadeesh Kunda, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Lear facility produces the seats as part of a just-in-time production system at GM's Wentzville plant.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
  • What the data shows Helping more students graduate from nursing school by giving them just-in-time math help has a larger societal benefit.
    — Ellen Dennis, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2023
  • With the rise of just-in-time logistics, an approach that minimizes inventory in favor of ordering new supplies only as old ones are used and sold, this is no longer the case.
    — John Gustavsson, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Teams should use policy as code, just-in-time access and microsegmentation and continuously test controls.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • But more can and should be done, including just-in-time interventions when the algorithms detect problematic behavior.
    — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024
  • Quality remains paramount, epitomized by the just-in-time philosophy and emphasizing doing things right the first time.
    — Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • This has to do with energy independence, but also very practical things—like, that the automotive industry needs just-in-time setups.
    — WIRED, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Manufacturers must transition from just-in-time to just-in-case inventories to prevent supply chain disruptions.
    — Edward Segal, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025

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