due for

idiom

: needing, requiring, or expecting something to happen

I'm due for a dentist's appointment.

He will be due for another raise in June.

Examples of due for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The project, flagged at the market by seasoned producer and sales agent Esther van Messel of First Hand Films, is due for delivery in November 2025. —

Annika Pham, Variety, 19 May 2024 Prieto said routing software is not as sophisticated as people often assume; the district uses older software that is due for an update in a few years. —

Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024 What is clear is if the study findings hold true, then much of animal biology could be due for a re-assessment. —

Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 May 2024 The Mavericks know that both Irving and Doncic are due for a superstar performance. —

Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2024 After waiting 48 hours to assure themselves that Palapa B-2, the second satellite due for release on the mission, would not suffer a similar fate to Westar 6, Mission Control gave the crew instructions to proceed with launching it. —

Adam Higginbotham, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024 The commission’s largest project – a new, multimillion-dollar Oakley center called the Eastside Recreation Center – is due for completion this summer, according to board meeting minutes. —

The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024 This veneration of willpower is due for the dustbin, Puhl says. —

Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2024 But the current tendency for companies to put generative AI into everything means everywhere is probably due for a wave of these conversational Chuckies. —

Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'due for.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.