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deadline
OXFORD DICTIONARY
deadline, n.
1 a time-limit for the completion of an activity etc.
2 hist. a line beyond which prisoners were not allowed to go.
1 a time-limit for the completion of an activity etc.
2 hist. a line beyond which prisoners were not allowed to go.
THESAURUS
deadline
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