behind schedule
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: not according to schedule : late
We're running about five minutes behind schedule.
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Replacements for the current Boeing 747s used as Air Force One are years behind schedule.
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 22 May 2025
The president criticized Boeing, whose contract to construct a pair of Air Force One replacement jets fell far behind schedule and went over budget after multiple setbacks.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 11 May 2025
Lake Bluff’s Blair Park Pool main pool will not open on time this summer as a repair project is running about two to three weeks behind schedule, officials said.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
Musk, who has long held a US security clearance, even descended upon space rival Boeing’s military aircraft facility in Texas to inspect next generation Air Force One presidential jets—a Trump priority years behind schedule.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 22 May 2025
The president criticized Boeing, whose contract to construct a pair of Air Force One replacement jets fell far behind schedule and went over budget after multiple setbacks.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 11 May 2025
Lake Bluff’s Blair Park Pool main pool will not open on time this summer as a repair project is running about two to three weeks behind schedule, officials said.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
Musk, who has long held a US security clearance, even descended upon space rival Boeing’s military aircraft facility in Texas to inspect next generation Air Force One presidential jets—a Trump priority years behind schedule.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Behind schedule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20schedule. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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