eleventh hour
noun
: the latest possible time before it is too late
still making changes at the eleventh hour
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When corporate leaders make decisions in a vacuum, communications teams are left scrambling to create strategies at the eleventh hour or sometimes even after the fact.
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Nick Karoglou, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Unless something changes at the eleventh hour, the ban appears set to take effect on Jan. 19.
—Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 18 Jan. 2025
Two decades ago, Chu’s ambitious remake of Bye Bye Birdie was budgeted, cast and slotted for production, only to be flushed at the eleventh hour.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
But Mayor Adams at the eleventh hour put the kibosh on those plans for this school year.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Nick Karoglou, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Unless something changes at the eleventh hour, the ban appears set to take effect on Jan. 19.
—Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 18 Jan. 2025
Two decades ago, Chu’s ambitious remake of Bye Bye Birdie was budgeted, cast and slotted for production, only to be flushed at the eleventh hour.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
But Mayor Adams at the eleventh hour put the kibosh on those plans for this school year.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Eleventh hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eleventh%20hour. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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