borrowed time
an uncertain, usually limited period of time extending beyond or postponing the occurrence of something inevitable.
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How the ad industry can use its borrowed time to future-proof first-party data solutions | Eyeota | July 23, 2021 | DigidayNichols said frequently that he felt he was living on “borrowed time,” thanks to his last-second migration to the United States at the age of 7.
We give geniuses license to be jerks. Mike Nichols tried not to be anyhow. | Emily VanDerWerff | April 2, 2021 | VoxIf the browsers agree then it could mean those hashed email alternatives are on borrowed time.
‘A challenging point for ID resolution’: Advertisers scramble to plan for the uncertain ‘cookieless future’ | Seb Joseph | January 11, 2021 | DigidayWe’ve seen things in 2020 come unglued rapidly, and with a global financial system that’s in the twilight zone, we’re living on borrowed time, economically speaking.
Nathan Lane got the call the week he opened on Broadway in On borrowed time and in the film Frankie and Johnny.
New York’s Greatest Show Or How They Did Not Screw Up ‘Guys and Dolls’ | Ross Wetzsteon | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Putting that aside, I like the notion that Emma is living on borrowed time, that there is a ticking clock affixed to her neck.
‘Bates Motel’ Debate: Sex Scenes, Mother Issues & Implausible Twists | Jace Lacob, Anna Klassen | April 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the past 60 years, the West has been operating on borrowed time in its dealings with the Arab world.
Then nine years later we did On borrowed time by Paul Osbourne back at Circle in the Square.
Nevertheless it's certain that those two, whoever they may be, are here on borrowed time.
The Rock of Chickamauga | Joseph A. AltshelerYou are all living on borrowed time; and but for our pleadings, it would be still less.
Shock Treatment | Stanley MullenHe was well into the thirties and his life's goal was still tantalizingly far before him, and he living on borrowed time.
Frigid Fracas | Dallas McCord ReynoldsShe says she is living on borrowed time because she has always taken care of herself and worked and been honest.
I am now living on borrowed time, being in my seventy-ninth year.
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