lag
Example Sentences
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“The lag obscures the connection, but it doesn’t break it. Retirees on fixed incomes managing multiple prescriptions need to understand that today’s oil prices are tomorrow’s drug costs.”
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Oil-price shocks typically slow consumption with a lag.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
The data show that there has been a new wave of people starting and advancing through the permitting process, but a widening lag after that point because of, among other reasons, financing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Chinese AI platforms still lag behind Western competitors, experts say, though the gap is narrowing.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
We woke the next morning in Nairobi to blue skies and fresh energy, less zonked by the jet lag and feeling like our happy, regular selves.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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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