on schedule

Idioms  

1. At the announced or expected time, as in Her first baby arrived right on schedule. Originally alluding to published railroad timetables, this expression dates from the late 1800s.

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on schedule

School opened on schedule on Tuesday, but students, families and staff had to reset more than 600,000 passwords.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Roman remains on schedule to release its first science images by early 2027.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Analysts expect Kavukcuoglu, who has been with DeepMind since before Google bought it, to be more operational, ensuring moneymaking AI technology gets into production on schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Brent Mayo, whom OpenAI hired from Elon Musk’s xAI earlier this year, reports to Ruddarraju and is responsible for helping ensure the company’s computing projects are completed on schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Monks discovered that the astrolabe, an Arabic invention, was a handy tool for keeping track of time in the evening, helping them keep their prayers on schedule.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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