backlog
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Mackey estimates that the 1.75GW backlog maps to about $1.9 billion in prospective revenue and $366 million in gross margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
That revenue backlog — or contracted, unrealized revenue — reached roughly $104 billion at the end of the June quarter, which gives the company “substantial visibility into future revenue,” the spokesperson said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
One of the pilots at the Old Bailey led to the London backlog of 500 cases concerning assaults on emergency workers being cut in half over the summer.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
However, the backlog of companies that need to, or should have, gone public in the past few years is more than two full years of IPOs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
If one is accused of a lie and it turns out to be the truth, there is a backlog that will last a long time and protect a number of untruths.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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The government says it will expand the use of so-called "blitz" or "short trial" courts after pilots have shown that grouping similar cases together can speed up their progression through the courts - cutting backlogs.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The series of radical reforms, including scaling back jury trials, were presented as the best way of turning around record backlogs which, in turn, were exacerbating the prison population crisis.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
He said it is important to reduce visa backlogs and modernize the immigration system to meet the needs of our economy and support employers and legal immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The company late Wednesday said products are moving through its distribution network at or above normal levels as the Marlborough, Mass., company works to fulfill customer orders, reduce backlogs and accelerate the delivery of products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
We selected butternut for backlogs, because, when green, it burns very slowly and lasts a long time.
From Woodcraft by George Washington Sears
Technicians troubleshoot problems with factory machinery, fixing hiccups that could jam up production of backlogged 737 MAX jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
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
The government said it changed the rules to "enhance" the link between Italy and the citizen abroad, avoid 'abuse' and 'commercialisation' of passports, and free up resources to clear backlogged applications.
From BBC ● May 21, 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 Cory Doctorow
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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