eleventh hour
noun
: the latest possible time before it is too late
still making changes at the eleventh hour
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Lawmakers then work until the eleventh hour to finalize their 12 appropriations bills, typically combining them into one massive omnibus bill that contains thousands of pages of provisions.
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Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Sep. 2024
The circumstances are nothing new: Budget disagreements typically drag out until the eleventh hour as both parties fight to include their own priorities, with a final deal often not made until hours before the deadline.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, set designer Mary Howard also came by and lent a hand at the eleventh hour to help prop out all of the spaces.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
Regardless of whether their long-term future resides in Sacramento or Las Vegas, the A’s, barring a development in the eleventh hour, will cease to call Oakland their home by October.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
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Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Sep. 2024
The circumstances are nothing new: Budget disagreements typically drag out until the eleventh hour as both parties fight to include their own priorities, with a final deal often not made until hours before the deadline.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, set designer Mary Howard also came by and lent a hand at the eleventh hour to help prop out all of the spaces.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
Regardless of whether their long-term future resides in Sacramento or Las Vegas, the A’s, barring a development in the eleventh hour, will cease to call Oakland their home by October.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
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“Eleventh hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eleventh%20hour. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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