deadline

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The Obama administration has since told the space agency the deadline is the end of calendar 2010.

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  1. noun A time limit, as for payment of a debt or completion of an assignment.
  2. noun A boundary line in a prison that prisoners can cross only at the risk of being shot.
  3. transitive verb To govern by setting a time limit: "He was never going to be deadlined by a day, or even a month” (New Yorker).

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  • Contestants who fail to submit their daily selections by the deadline will be awarded zero wins for the day. —  Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
  • "Extending the deadline is the right thing to do and allows you more time to get your questions answered and to make the right decisions for you and your families," Bloomberg quoted Anderson. —  Albuquerque Business News - Local Albuquerque News | New Mexico Business Weekly
  • And getting the job done right on a deadline is a mandated must, he said. —  Fort Mill Times: News
  • That gives you one more chance to have your say, but the deadline is approaching in the next few hours so please send your e-mail as soon as possible to be considered for inclusion in the last Chat.
  • Picking up Schneider before the deadline was a nice move, but it needed to be followed by a big name forward pick up. —  MVN
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