How to Use deadline in a Sentence

deadline

noun

• We had to hurry to meet the deadline.
• The project was completed a week past its deadline.
• She worked on her composition right up until the deadline.
• They're working under a deadline.
• The deadline for submitting college applications is April 19th.
• The goal at the deadline shouldn’t be to make a move simply to make one.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
• He was sent to the Padres as part of the Juan Soto deal at the deadline.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2022
• The deadline for the district to file the appeal is Jan. 6.
  — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2023
• But the deadline in L.A. is decades away, scheduled for the 2040s.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• Zucker knows the Sabres could trade him at the deadline.
  — Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
• The first handover deadline was March 14 and the second was May 30.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
• That would put the deadline for a new grocery store in May 2024.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2022
• The deadline to file to for the New Hampshire primary is the same day, on Oct. 27.
  — Abby Cruz, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2023
• To meet its deadline, San Diego would have to work more than three times as fast.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
• The Sox acquired Eovaldi in a trade with the Rays at the 2018 deadline.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
• The new deadline, which had been Jan. 13, is now unclear.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
• But, hey, this is a half-marathon (Chubb was acquired at the Nov. 1 trade deadline), not a sprint.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2022
• With the trade deadline looming and the big league bullpen struggling, now might be the best time to do just that.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2024
• If May 15 falls on a weekend, the protest deadline is the next business day.
  — Wesley Ratko, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2023
• Friday's deadline to fund the government is the first of two.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
• The deadline to register is the end of the business day on Monday, Oct. 7.
  — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Apr. 2024
• In seconds, all the quotes gathered before, and those to come, were lost in the fog of deadline war.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
• The two sides still have more than a month before a July 17 deadline.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
• Any deal was always going to be via trade and the Heat has until the trade deadline.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024
• Prigozhin set May 10 as the deadline for the withdrawal of his fighters.
  — Mary Ilyushina, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2023
• The Heat dealt Butler to the Warriors as part of a big five-team deal ahead of Thursday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
• McAfee agreed to postpone that deadline to Feb. 1 for Meadows and Clark.
  — Kate Brumback The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
• The deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot is Thursday.
  — John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
• The Bulls had lost 13 of their last 17 games before Thursday and traded their best player at the deadline.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
• Teams around the league were lining up to pry Johnson away from the Nets ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline, but ultimately no deal was made.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025