no/not later than
idiom
: by (a specified time) : at, in, on, or before (a specified time)
We'll need to know your decision no/not later than next week.
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In the memo, sent Wednesday, each agency received a deadline of no later than 5 p.m. on Friday to execute several changes.
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Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2025
Impact Plastics management said everyone was told to leave the plant no later than 10:50 a.m.
—Usa Today Graphics Team, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
Although the incentives to bring Costco to Midland required the store to open no later than August 2026, the retail giant is now on track to welcome customers by June 2025, the Reporter-Telegram reported.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
After the electors sign, seal, and certify the six sets of electoral votes, they must then be sent to the president of the Senate and the Archivist no later than the fourth Wednesday of December, which is Dec. 25.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
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Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2025
Impact Plastics management said everyone was told to leave the plant no later than 10:50 a.m.
—Usa Today Graphics Team, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
Although the incentives to bring Costco to Midland required the store to open no later than August 2026, the retail giant is now on track to welcome customers by June 2025, the Reporter-Telegram reported.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
After the electors sign, seal, and certify the six sets of electoral votes, they must then be sent to the president of the Senate and the Archivist no later than the fourth Wednesday of December, which is Dec. 25.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
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“No/not later than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%2Fnot%20later%20than. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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