eleventh hour
noun
: the latest possible time before it is too late
still making changes at the eleventh hour
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Production on season one had fallen woefully behind schedule, as whole episodes were scrapped, scripts were written at the eleventh hour and producers, including Bell, began second-guessing the series’ tone.
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Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Last year, Season 2 premiered weeks before the presidential election in which Kamala Harris stepped into the Democrat candidacy in the eleventh hour.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
And Abbott owns this mess: The state legislature, acting to protect kids and families across Texas, passed a ban earlier this summer—which the governor vetoed at the eleventh hour, citing legal arguments based on challenges to Arkansas’ similar ban.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
At the eleventh hour the seller refused to sign any warranties.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Last year, Season 2 premiered weeks before the presidential election in which Kamala Harris stepped into the Democrat candidacy in the eleventh hour.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
And Abbott owns this mess: The state legislature, acting to protect kids and families across Texas, passed a ban earlier this summer—which the governor vetoed at the eleventh hour, citing legal arguments based on challenges to Arkansas’ similar ban.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
At the eleventh hour the seller refused to sign any warranties.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Eleventh hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eleventh%20hour. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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