"immediate deadline" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English. Most commonly, it is used to refer to a time limit or time frame which is particularly tight or short, such as in the following sentence: "I need to complete this project by tomorrow, as our team has an immediate deadline."
They were committed to a tangible goal, with an immediate deadline.
The statute has another 18 months to run, but a more immediate deadline is looming.
Q: Would the chances of scholarships be affected if we pass on the immediate deadline and apply later?
There is no immediate deadline to hurry the discussions, according to people who have been briefed on DreamWorks and its underpinnings.
The deadline now is July 31, he said, so the current trade talks have been carried on with no immediate deadline pressure.
They face an immediate deadline: Wednesday is the cutoff date set by the federal magistrate for the Senate and the Assembly to submit proposals for the court to consider as it begins to draft its own Congressional map.
With a keen interest in political coverage, Mr. Lower was frustrated that on election nights the networks had to rely for election results on The Associated Press, United Press International and other news agencies, which were attuned to the less immediate deadlines of newspapers.
Beyond the immediate deadlines prescribed by the City Charter -- offices to fill, budget reports to make -- he will find that he is not the only freshman at the learning institution of City Hall.
Regarding finding the time, unless I am actively writing a grant or paper, it is harder for me to keep up with the literature, because it's not an urgent, immediate, deadline-driven need.
Category 2 is for the "trees"; they usually do not have immediate deadlines.
There are more immediate deadlines, since a new nominated advisor - the firm which manages a company's listing on the stock exchange - needs to be appointed before close of business on Thursday.
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