How to Use in time to in a Sentence

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  • However, most have said a deal will most likely be reached in time to avoid a major disruption.
    Frank Holland, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Bichette was 30 feet down the line and couldn’t get back in time to tag up.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Travel back in time to see what the hottest stars of the decade were up to during the peak of spring in 1981.
    John Russell, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • The doctors just so happened to catch it in time to save him.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 26 May 2024
  • The place drifted me back in time to a tiny seaside eatery in Spain.
    Jenn Rice, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • This is not a moment in time to play around with learning on the job.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • He's been sidelined by injury and worked to get back in time to play in a game.
    José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Each sip transports you deep into the heart of Champagne and back in time to the year the grapes were grown.
    Kristen Shirley, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2023
  • Hudson was able to get to Chicago in time to meet the team before the start of the series.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
  • Just in time to get a head start on your 2024 listening.
    Vulture, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But Capitol pushed back the release date from March 28 to April 2—just in time to leave him out.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Go for a late-afternoon tasting and get back to Hossegor in time to watch the moon rise over the lake.
    Sara Lieberman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2023
  • Just be sure to come back to Moonraker in time to see the sunset from the terrace.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Each time a wave came in, the birds would take flight for a few moments, just in time to avoid being swept into the ocean.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • Scotland's unique Caledonian pinewoods stretch back in time to the last Ice Age.
    Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Standing almost on the outfield grass, Cash threw out the runner just in time to extend the game.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
  • And now, she's brought back that tousled top knot just in time to remind me that my hair and I can chill until the new year.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Young Barry goes back in time to try again and fix it but both heroes still perish.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 June 2023
  • Motion City Soundtrack jumps back in time to usher in their new era.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The two must travel back in time to prevent the destruction of their home, the kingdom of Auradon.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
  • That program built her skills in time to start the Universal Jazz Coalition.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Betts then bobbled a Neto grounder but recovered in time to throw to first to end the inning.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The Argentinian rookie could not steer or stop his car in time to miss O’Ward’s stalled car.
    Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2023
  • Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 27 June 2024
  • The teens must travel back in time to save the kingdom, naturally.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Caught between the future and this past is a soldier (Mizuno) sent back in time to change the fate of humanity.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 15 July 2024
  • In an attempt to save his parents, the hero known as the Scarlet Speedster taps into the Speed Force and travels back in time to change the past.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 30 May 2023
  • Darrell ran toward the bomb site, arriving just in time to see Shea’s body pulled from the wreckage.
    Ayelet Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Monthly traveler numbers have continued to outperform last year's, and the airport plans to add two seasonal international flights to the Caribbean in time to escape the winter cold.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024

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