target date

noun

: the date set for an event or for the completion of a project, goal, or quota

Examples of target date in a Sentence

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And for the ones in the Gen X pool that are still staying around, unfortunately a lot of them are using target dates of a little earlier in their retirement. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 The agency plans to open a competition for Phase 2 next year, with a target date of delivering a nuclear reactor to the Moon in the early 2030s. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024 He’d been given a timetable of four to six weeks but Sweeney didn’t have a target date. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2024 Initial predictions forecasted that the property would reopen as soon as 2019, however, the target date has been pushed back several times since then due to unforeseen pandemic delays, in addition to a corruption scandal that arose in 2018. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for target date 

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of target date was in 1945

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“Target date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/target%20date. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

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