lag
Example Sentences
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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
High-beta currencies such as the Australian dollar, the Korean won and the Taiwan dollar may gain, while the Indian rupee, the Indonesian rupiah and the Philippine peso could lag.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Meanwhile, U.S. stocks are so overvalued that they may very well lag inflation over the next decade.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
But when something drastic happens, there’s a lag time.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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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