Sentence examples for Drop-dead deadline from inspiring English sources

Some question the Treasury's drop-dead deadline of Oct. 17.

But the drop-dead deadline is Sept. 25, when general absentee ballots are sent out.

John Cornyn said over the weekend that August 1 is the real drop-dead deadline.

A majority in the United States Supreme Court then flatly misstated the Florida court's acknowledgment as though Florida law had adopted Dec. 12 as a drop-dead deadline.

So, they have set 2 43 a.m. as the actual drop-dead deadline, but they don't want anyone to know that until they have to.

"It is a drop-dead deadline," said the lawyer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation.

In recent years a gridlocked Washington has seemed to need the threat of drop-dead deadlines and potentially grave consequences — workers laid off, parks and monuments closing, services disappearing overnight, federal benefit checks delayed — to get anything done.

To create a realistic schedule within those constraints, work backward from any drop-dead deadlines you know about that is, dates that cannot be changed to see when your deliverables must be ready.

The industry has long experience with drop-dead deadlines: since the wind production tax credit began in the early 1990s, for example, it has expired three times, said Elizabeth A. Salerno, director of industry data and analysis at the American Wind Energy Association, a trade group based in Washington.

There are no drop-dead deadlines or swift market turns, and it is ideal for work-life balance,” he says.

When we pushed Marty to set realistic but drop-dead deadlines and implement sound measures for quality control, the complaining began.