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lag

[lag] / læg /


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Open models lag behind frontier labs by only a few months, driving down the cost for both defenders and attackers alike.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

But the lag time is having a real impact on public health, especially in rural communities with reduced urgent care services.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

"If they don't quite get things right after the 16-hour flight, you still might have that jet lag, even though you're trying to avoid it."

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The lag is three to six months, which lands it in the October through January prints — after Thursday’s European Central Bank vote, after the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

Then he caught up with the group, determined not to lag behind, not to complain, not to be any trouble to anyone.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park

These come in a year when Tesla’s stock has meaningfully lagged behind the market.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

Regulations and medicines for firefighters have at times lagged behind the need.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Internal tests of Gemini 3.8 Flash show progress in an area where the company has lagged behind Anthropic and OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

This chart demonstrates the lagged effect of three of these contractionary forces: dollar strength and rising oil prices and long-bond yields.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

“The man we saw on the ground probably lagged behind the other workers and didn’t hear the foreman tell them to stop. He might have worked all night, getting thirstier and thirstier—” “Stop!” shrilled Matt.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

More than 80 performers have signed the letter, with Derry Girls actor Siobhán McSweeney saying she was "deeply worried" that the government was lagging behind.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Offshore wind power, a complement to solar because it blows overnight, is lagging in California in the face of powerful political opposition.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

An Emerson College poll on Thursday found Talarico slightly lagging among Black voters compared to Texas Democrats’ nominee for governor.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Last week, fresh official data showed wage growth coming in at 3.2 percent year-on-year, lagging inflation and meaning that most people were seeing their income shrink in real terms.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

I was thinking just the other day that my campaign's been lagging.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon




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