due for

phrase

: needing, requiring, or expecting something to happen
I'm due for a dentist's appointment.
He will be due for another raise in June.

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Investors are now looking ahead to more earnings results due for release before the bell Friday, including Travelers and Citizens Financial. — Justina Lee,sean Conlon, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Such revisions and forecasts may now be due for another downgrade. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026 Most of those VMware migrators are facing renewal, are due for a hardware refresh, run many sites, or need multi-tenancy. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026 Tadaryl Shipp, who is serving a life sentence and is due for his next parole hearing in 2031, carved pentagrams into her chest and face. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for due for

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“Due for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/due%20for. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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