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backlog

[bak-lawg, -log] / ˈbækˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /


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Law firms say some tribunals are now being listed for 2030 and the backlog is expected to grow with the Employment Rights Act.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Jenna Ide, a partner and employment law specialist at Thomas Mansfield Solicitors, says that the backlog adds pressure on employers.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Brian Schwartz and Idan Gutkind at Oppenheimer said that while the company’s cloud backlog continues to show growth, guidance risk is also increasing, as SAP currently assumes de-escalation in Iran.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Lockheed said its backlog is at a record $230 billion, and it continues “to innovate at the speed our customers’ missions demand.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

By 1997, the repair backlog for the national parks had reached $6 billion.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Manufacturers face yearslong backlogs for gas turbines, essentially big jet engines that generate power.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Additionally, customer inventory levels declined, remaining lower than historical norms, while steel backlogs and lead times increased, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

The SSA currently does not provide the same detailed, real-time metrics as it did in the past, providing only snapshots of its performance instead of running updated tabulations of caseloads, timings and backlogs, analysts said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

The Ministry of Justice said the government inherited "a failing tagging system with record backlogs".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

When it was blazing freely he piled upon it, and in front of the green backlogs, several of the logs of dry wood.

From Troop One of the Labrador by Wallace, Dillon

This is not normal; immigration court is deeply backlogged and most cases of asylum—one of the most complex forms of U.S. immigration—were being assigned well into 2029 and 2030.

From Slate Mar. 27, 2026

The supply chain for natural-gas-fired power plant equipment is also backlogged for years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

Pending approval by the House and signing by President Donald Trump, a reopened government would pave the way for a flood of backlogged economic data and the resumption of normal airline operations, among other functions.

From MarketWatch Nov. 11, 2025

Last month, the program served more than 300 children, working with immigration judges at courts in Los Angeles and Orange County to move cases through the backlogged system.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2025

If everyone who came before the court for a competency hearing brought out a bunch of irrelevant witnesses and made long speeches, the court calendar would be backlogged for decades.

From Eastern Standard Tribe by Doctorow, Cory

Interviews documented in the police report suggest that a key cause of the backlogging at the lab is a 2009 US Supreme Court decision known as Melendez-Diaz v.

From Nature Oct. 10, 2012

But in two fair-sized cities, Portland, Ore., and New Orleans, district attorneys claim that they have been able to get stiffer sentences without backlogging the court docket by cutting down on plea bargaining.

From Time Magazine Archive




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