deadline
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- n the point in time at which something must be completed
- Why wrangling continues ahead of Monday's deadline .
- Obama's appeal to the nation came as signs continue to grow that Congress, left largely on its own to fill in the details of health-care reform, will not meet his deadline.
- Viewpoint: PTI's Romesh Ratnesar argues that setting a deadline for withdrawal may be America's best hope for achieving a victory.