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till the deadline vs by the deadline

Both are correct phrases, but they're used in different contexts. 'Till the deadline' implies performing an action continuously until the deadline is reached, while 'by the deadline' indicates completing the action before the deadline. The choice between the two phrases depends on if the focus is on continuous action leading up to the deadline or completion before the deadline.
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till the deadline

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate continuous action until the deadline.

This phrase is used to convey the idea of performing an action continuously until the deadline is reached.
  • Okay, so we got an hour or so till the deadline, and we're about five minutes away from Balfour's place.
  • Only three days left till the deadline runs out, and still no sign of Bruno Hamel.
  • Ed, one minute till the shooter's deadline and Alpha needs more time.
  • That's how many minutes I have till my deadline.
  • We have five hours till Paco's midnight deadline.
  • The deadline for incompletes has passed.
  • The deadline for juilliard is this week.
  • The deadline for georges rent is midnight tonight.
  • The deadline to enroll is tomorrow.
  • Delivered 10 days after the deadline.
  • The deadline for approving aid applications is 31 December 2013.
  • The deadline for approving applications is 31 December 2013.
  • The deadline for providing these treatment facilities was 31 December 2000.
  • The deadline for transposition is 6 February 2005.
  • The deadline for applications was 7 December.
  • The deadline for submitting proposals was 23 May 2008.
  • The deadline correlates to article 25 of the MID.
  • The deadline for implementing commitments is 2020.
  • The deadline for tabling amendments will be announced in plenary.
  • The deadline for submitting applications is 31 December.

Alternatives:

  • until the deadline
  • up to the deadline

by the deadline

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate completing an action before the deadline.

This phrase is used to convey the idea of completing an action before the deadline.
  • For internal organisational reasons Estonia failed to sign by the deadline of 30 June.
  • The notifier did not submit the confirmatory information requested by the deadline of 30 June 2015.
  • It also outlines what could happen if no deal is struck by the deadline.
  • If you three Cannot finish this job by the deadline, You're sacked.
  • The government failed also to implement auctioning by the deadline foreseen.
  • The comments submitted by the deadline set were forwarded to France by letter of 12 February 2007.
  • No other comments were received by the deadline set in the decision initiating the procedure.
  • Eventually, three binding offers were submitted by the deadline of 20 December 2007.
  • 10.2 and the User fails to its reactivation by the deadline referred in art.
  • If you do not execute your mission by the deadline, I'll set it off.
  • If they had completed the recount by the deadline, there would be no issue.
  • The Commission shall inform the Member State by the deadline set out in paragraph 1 whether it is able to accept the accounts.
  • If the shares mentioned in No 6.1.4 have not been sold by the deadline stipulated there, an official sales agent is to organise the sale.
  • The applicant at whose request bitertanol had been approved did not submit any confirmatory information by the deadline of 30 June 2012.
  • the additional information is not received by the deadline;
  • This notification shall be sent to the competent authority by the deadline laid down in Article 6.
  • They were due to be repaid 60 % of this for work completed by the deadline of 31 December 2008.
  • Slovakia is on track to correct its excessive deficit by the deadline set by the Council.
  • However, in this area concrete and full results must be shown by the deadline mentioned.
  • The Committee for Socio-economic Analysis shall without delay adopt its opinion, taking into account where appropriate further comments received by the deadline set.

Alternatives:

  • before the deadline
  • prior to the deadline

Related Comparisons

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