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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Example Sentences

The deal will bring together two fully financed development projects—Skouries in Greece and McIlvenna Bay in Saskatchewan, Canada—both of which are on schedule to achieve commercial production in mid-2026.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Yesterday was five weeks from the injury. He’s right on schedule, if not a little bit ahead of schedule. So it’s just him being fully confident in his body. And he continues to get great work on the court.”

From Los Angeles Times

The earnings calls will reveal whether management still believes the payback clock is on schedule.

From MarketWatch

The second and final phase of the project — attaching the shoulders that will permit animals to use the crossing — started last summer and is progressing on schedule, Rock said, but it’s also painstaking, expensive and largely invisible work moving overhead power lines underground and drilling thick holes about 70 feet deep.

From Los Angeles Times

Here are the main new deductions, which can be claimed on Schedule 1-A External link, a new attachment to the Form 1040 this year.

From Barron's

Related Words

• dependable
• expeditious