behind schedule
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: not according to schedule : late
We're running about five minutes behind schedule.
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The first flight of its new ICBM, dubbed the Sentinel, is already two years behind schedule, while its price tag, once touted at $100 billion, has jumped by an additional 37 percent.
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Editorial Board, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
Already running years behind schedule because of budget shortfalls and a variety of technical problems that cost Boeing more than $1 billion to correct, NASA had hoped to get the Starliner into orbit on May 6.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 1 June 2024
In a statement, a Delta spokesperson said the flight arrived in New York City about 90 minutes behind schedule.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2024
The lift off will come roughly a month after the Starliner was originally supposed to fly to the station, and that launch was already years behind schedule.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 1 June 2024
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Editorial Board, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
Already running years behind schedule because of budget shortfalls and a variety of technical problems that cost Boeing more than $1 billion to correct, NASA had hoped to get the Starliner into orbit on May 6.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 1 June 2024
In a statement, a Delta spokesperson said the flight arrived in New York City about 90 minutes behind schedule.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2024
The lift off will come roughly a month after the Starliner was originally supposed to fly to the station, and that launch was already years behind schedule.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 1 June 2024
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“Behind schedule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20schedule. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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