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From Prison Lines to Silicon Valley Sprints: Tracing the Evolution of ‘Deadline’
Episode 226
Published 4 days, 22 hours ago
Description
This episode explores how the word deadline evolved from a literal line on a Confederate prison wall to a ubiquitous term in printing, bureaucracy, and digital tech. We uncover the social, technological, and linguistic forces that reshaped its meaning over more than a century.
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