time line
noun
1
: a table listing important events for successive years within a particular historical period
2
usually timeline
: a schedule of events and procedures : timetable sense 2
Examples of time line in a Sentence
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The Portal North Bridge — expected to open in 2026 — will carry two tracks, allowing the current bridge to be demolished and eventually replaced with the two-track Portal South Bridge — a project for which no contracts have been issued and no time line set.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
But Rignot thinks that time line might be too conservative.
—Jen Schwartz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2018
Such notices are typically flagged to the board and generate a reply including a time line for corrective action.
—Sridhar Natarajan, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
Once it was actually filmed, and subtitles were added to the multiple time lines and the twisty spy plot, the show seemed more complicated than before.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
But Rignot thinks that time line might be too conservative.
—Jen Schwartz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2018
Such notices are typically flagged to the board and generate a reply including a time line for corrective action.
—Sridhar Natarajan, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
Once it was actually filmed, and subtitles were added to the multiple time lines and the twisty spy plot, the show seemed more complicated than before.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Time line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20line. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024.
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