lag
Example Sentences
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“We’re thinking there’s going to be a one- to two-month time lag between the strait opening up and the market seeing normal flows,” Woods said.
From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026
The lag in higher income shoppers may simply reflect the fact that they’re buying more online.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Official data has a seven-week lag and would not have come through in time for the Senedd election on 7 May.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
The lag between demand and deliveries is being shaped by another constraint as well: a supply chain under pressure across the aerospace industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Like, who would want to lag behind on such a beautiful day, on such a lovely hike?
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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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