RELEASE DATE collocation | meaning and examples of use

release date

collocation in English

meanings of release and date

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release
noun
uk
/rɪˈliːs/
us
/rɪˈliːs/
an occasion when someone is allowed to leave ...
date
noun [C]
uk
/deɪt/
us
/deɪt/
a numbered day in a month, often given with a combination of the name of the day, the month, and ...

(Definition of release and date from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of release date

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His family was unable to contact him and so did not know the charges against him, his release date, or the condition of his health.
For most entries, it provides genre information, and for half of them a release date (after 1995).
For all cases the date assigned to a survey is the release date.
In addition, in every case, the trial judge should state the earliest release date, to take account of time spent on remand.
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On discovery of the mistake regarding his release date, the governor apologised to the prisoner concerned for the distress which had been caused.
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Since the end of 1964, 164 life sentence prisoners have been given a release date, of whom 137 have been released.
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I have said several times today that we are not contemplating an earlier release date.
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Failure to observe these conditions can lead to the deferment or cancellation of the provisional release date.
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There are no regulations to prevent personnel in this category from taking up civilian employment in advance of their release date.
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I have asked only that his release date be set so that he will become eligible for parole.
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Secondly, they make an associated reduction in the percentage taper referring to disposals of shares before the release date.
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It is unsafe to set a release date for such people at the time they are sentenced.
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Each decision will have to be communicated to the prisoner and his new release date entered on to computer records and warrants.
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I have no knowledge of the release date of any prisoner until, in each individual case, the proper procedures have been completed.
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He is still in prison and his release date is expected to be mid-1983, by which time he will have served seven years.
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Finally, we believe that the court should specify the earliest release date that can be associated with a given sentence.
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A deferment of the prisoner's release date within the sentence passed by the court is the strongest and most effective sanction available to a governor.
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A prisoner may have his release date changed every two months.
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That calculation of the earliest release date will be made much easier by the sensible clarification of the law in clause 7.
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It emphasises the individual offender's personal responsibility for his actions and for his release date.
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