How to Use behind schedule in a Sentence
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By the time the cast arrived, Cameron was already way behind schedule.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
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Head coach Kalani Sitake this week acknowledged the team was behind schedule at this point in the year in their growth.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
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Both units were supposed to be complete in 2017 and are more than six years behind schedule.
—Drew Kann, ajc, 16 June 2023
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But all three of those projects are already behind schedule.
—Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
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If Newcastle dropped out of the Premier League, the whole project would fall years behind schedule, at best.
—Joshua Robinson, wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
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But the rain means the farm is about a month behind schedule, and Yerena won’t know the full state of the strawberries until the fields dry out more.
—Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
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They're set to arrive about three hours behind schedule.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024
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The flight arrived eight hours and six minutes behind schedule.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
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The new trains now are slated to enter service in 2024, at least three years behind schedule.
—Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
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In fact, a large proportion of the big components of the machine were behind schedule by a year or two years or even more.
—Charles Seife, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
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While some of the project is complete, construction is still behind schedule.
—Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
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But by the time that deadline rolled around in spring of 2021, Bernalillo County had fallen far behind schedule.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 19 July 2022
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The first of Vogtle’s new units finished 7 years late and the second new reactor is more than 6 years behind schedule.
—Drew Kann, ajc, 30 Aug. 2023
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The harvest began in August, about a month behind schedule.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
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When things fell behind schedule in the studio, Cutrone pushed everyone along.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
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The 75th Primetime Emmys aired last night, behind schedule because of the actors and writer strikes last year.
—USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
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More than 3% of kids were behind schedule on their vaccinations, up 0.4% from the year before.
—Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
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The company has fallen behind schedule and its last two test flights were marred by glitches.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 May 2024
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Depp was stuck in traffic, according to a source close to his team, forcing the event to start 27 minutes behind schedule and without him.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 May 2023
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The four-stop, subterranean light-rail line was three years behind schedule and $335 million over budget.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
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On Monday, Aaron Boone told reporters that the reliever is a bit behind schedule.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2024
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Construction and labor delays pushed the final stages of the project behind schedule.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2023
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The first phase of construction from Fifth to Eighth streets will begin in January, years behind schedule.
—Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2022
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Ongoing work to replace a bridge that runs through the heart of downtown Naperville is close to two months behind schedule, a city official said.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
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The $670 million project, financed by Transurban, is wrapping up about a year behind schedule.
—Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
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It was supposed to start sending out money in early 2023, but the agency is behind schedule.
—Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2023
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By the beginning of August, the fleet was behind schedule, encountering strong winds and heavy ice.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2023
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Some analysts suggested that the launch is at least two years behind schedule.
—Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2023
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But according to a new report, the rate at which emissions are being reduced has put us more than 15 years behind schedule.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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Potential depth for the starting rotation, Teng, 26, may be slightly behind schedule but hopes to get into games by the end of spring.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
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