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just-in-time

adjective

  1. Business. noting or pertaining to a method of inventory control that keeps inventories low by scheduling needed goods and equipment to arrive a short time before a production run begins. : JIT


just-in-time

adjective

  1. denoting or relating to an industrial method in which waste of resources is eliminated or reduced by producing production-line components, etc, as they are required, rather than holding large stocks JIT
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of just-in-time1

First recorded in 1610–20 as an adverb, and in 1975–80 as an adjective
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Idioms and Phrases

see in the nick of time .
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Example Sentences

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He was hand selected by Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs for his unrivalled expertise in just-in-time supply logistics.

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At some point, I took up the strange ritual of driving north, often at night, along familiar back roads, through the rural neighborhood where the shooter lived, past Just-in-Time Recreation, down Main Street, following the bend of the Androscoggin River, to Schemengees Bar and Grille, where the second shooting had taken place.

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Another story was about the resilient children who, despite the memory of the shooting, continued to bowl at Just-in-Time Recreation Center.

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One of the reasons for fasting, Fazla told me, was to feel more connected to the suffering of other people; to that end, he planned to visit the vigil in front of Just-in-Time Recreation that afternoon to pay his respects.

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Sometimes on the way home from work, Karim drove past her house to visit the vigil at Just-in-Time Recreation—the first of two locations where the shootings had taken place.

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