target date

noun

: the date set for an event or for the completion of a project, goal, or quota

Examples of target date in a Sentence

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The timing of the target date fund changes is similar to another recent Vanguard legal run-in. Jesse Pound,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025 In the past few months, he’s switched his voter registration address to Manhattan, has spoken with a potential campaign manager and has been floating early February as a target date for a potential announcement, according to a source familiar with the matter. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025 Though SpaceX is rapidly preparing for its flight test, the company has not yet announced a target date. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025 And for the ones in the Gen X pool that are still staying around, unfortunately a lot of them are using target dates of a little earlier in their retirement. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for target date 

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of target date was in 1945

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“Target date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/target%20date. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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