behind schedule
idiom
: not according to schedule : late
We're running about five minutes behind schedule.
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Those are part of 26 missions worth $3.1 billion under National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contracts that are already two years behind schedule.
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2024
By the time the cast arrived, Cameron was already way behind schedule.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
Suggested Reading The Boeing 737 Max 9 that had a door plug blowout was more than a month behind schedule
What's happening at Boeing?
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 17 June 2024
One of the first projects Lavender took on was getting execution buttoned up for Intel’s latest Xeon processors, which were already running 18 months behind schedule and would take another 18 months to get to market.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 June 2024
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2024
By the time the cast arrived, Cameron was already way behind schedule.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
Suggested Reading The Boeing 737 Max 9 that had a door plug blowout was more than a month behind schedule
What's happening at Boeing?
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 17 June 2024
One of the first projects Lavender took on was getting execution buttoned up for Intel’s latest Xeon processors, which were already running 18 months behind schedule and would take another 18 months to get to market.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 June 2024
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“Behind schedule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20schedule. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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