lag
Example Sentences
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Even so, there’s still a lag impact of high energy prices on other categories, he warned, and the boom in artificial intelligence investment is causing supply-chain bottlenecks that will also put upward pressure on prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
What the business press didn’t report was the timing of another issue much tighter than the three-year lag after the move.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
“There’s a lot of lag, and shock absorbers can only work for so long,” Halff said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
To meet growing power demands without any lag, the new electrical standard for these systems needs to be 800-volt direct current, the company says.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
I lag behind, watching this procession of hipsters barrel through the lobby.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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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