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on schedule

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  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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Creditors typically engage with financial and legal advisers when they perceive a risk that the company they lent to might not be able to fully repay them on schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Officials, maintaining a show-will-go-on attitude, insist the event, known as “Davos in the Desert,” will happen on schedule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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

The prophecy had come true right on schedule, and I hadn’t even thought about the fact that it was my birthday.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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