drop-dead date
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The drop-dead date in that case — which Social Security’s actuaries had identified well in advance — was July 1983.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
In other words, that’s the drop-dead date for raising the debt ceiling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2019
Advocates of the bill on the island also persuasively characterized the fiscal crisis as a pressing emergency and July 1 as a drop-dead date for addressing it.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2016
Thursday “is not the drop-dead date for us,” Manchin said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2013
Commissioner Gary Bettman is believed to be about a month away from a "drop-dead" date for canceling the season, according to The New York Times.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2012
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