Last-minute and Opening

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Last-minute adjective - Just before a deadline; at the last minute.

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Opening is an antonym for last-minute in ending topic.

Opening adjective - First or beginning.

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Last-minute is an antonym for opening.

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

In the opening sequence of a recent episode, the billboard is one from the Kwik E Mart with a smiling Apu which says: Last-minute gifts for people you don't like

Source: Convenience Store Gift Shopping
Season six is guilty of this as well with Cheng Zhi (Tzi Ma) and Phillip Bauer (James Cromwell) having last-minute "surprise" reappearances in two respective episodes, both of which are ruined by listing the actors during the opening credits.

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