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backlog

[bak-lawg, -log] / ˈbækˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /


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Backlog figures for people waiting for an initial asylum decision include both main applicants and dependants.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Backlog ended the quarter at about $8.7 billion, up from $4.9 billion a year ago.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Current Cloud Backlog, a key performance metric, rose 20% to 21.9 billion euros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Backlog orders continued to accumulate at a steady pace.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2022

The same may be said of the works of Charles Dudley Warner,—"Being a Boy," "A Hunting of the Deer," "In the Wilderness," "Backlog Studies," "My Summer in a Garden," etc.

From The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature by Parsons, Frank




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