due for
idiom
: needing, requiring, or expecting something to happen
I'm due for a dentist's appointment.
He will be due for another raise in June.
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Rodgers is from California and the 49ers are in a weird spot as Brock Purdy is due for a new contract.
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Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Started in 2003 under then president George W. Bush, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is due for reauthorization in March 2025.
—Lawrence O. Gostin, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2025
Apple is due for a big pullback, according to MoffettNathanson.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Their memoir Hollywood on the Tiber was published in Italian in 1982, and an English translation is now due for release.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
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Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Started in 2003 under then president George W. Bush, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is due for reauthorization in March 2025.
—Lawrence O. Gostin, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2025
Apple is due for a big pullback, according to MoffettNathanson.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Their memoir Hollywood on the Tiber was published in Italian in 1982, and an English translation is now due for release.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Due for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/due%20for. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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