lag
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But the lag time is having a real impact on public health, especially in rural communities with reduced urgent care services.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
"For some of us, get over jet lag quickly and get used to it, but I've been playing good golf all year so I'm hoping I can do it again."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Tuesday’s trade data underscored the economy’s uneven, “K-shaped” export growth, with technology industries booming while some non-tech sectors lag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Soon after the research began circulating, I focused one my columns on a list of 22 stocks that the study would have concluded were good bets to lag the market in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Soon one horse began to lag behind the others.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Regulations and medicines for firefighters have at times lagged behind the need.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Uranium supply growth has lagged market expectations, and UBS expects market deficits to swell into the 2030s and beyond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
That should improve as lagged contracts decline from two thirds of sales to one third from January 2027, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
This chart demonstrates the lagged effect of three of these contractionary forces: dollar strength and rising oil prices and long-bond yields.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Nico lagged behind, which I thought was strange.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Ferrari have the fastest car in the corners on balance, but have been lagging on the straights so far this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
South Korea is also investing in American shipbuilding, which the White House has identified as an area in which the U.S. has been lagging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
An Emerson College poll on Thursday found Talarico slightly lagging among Black voters compared to Texas Democrats’ nominee for governor.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Last week, fresh official data showed wage growth coming in at 3.2 percent year-on-year, lagging inflation and meaning that most people were seeing their income shrink in real terms.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Swordfish was lagging once more, wallowing in the wake of the smaller ships to either side; elsewise the line was straight as a shield wall.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing lag
A Long Walk to Water
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"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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