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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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The Mountain at Mullin Park is Pepperdine’s new arena that’s on schedule to be finished in early December so that the Waves can play their men’s basketball opener against Florida Gulf Coast on Dec. 5.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Both are true, and they cancel out on schedule, 20 minutes apart.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 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

When the Wabash Cannonball steamed in on schedule, the town bulged with people, but the lovebirds, Junior and Vandalia, were absent.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

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