time lag
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Small differences could result from shipping costs and taxes being declared differently, a time-lag between a cargo leaving and arriving, or simply mistakes.
From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2019
Australian retail websites have seen average load times increase from 5.4 seconds in 2015 to 8.2 seconds in 2016, says the tech firm - a debilitating time-lag for impatient shoppers.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2016
Even “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” on Netflix has a time-lag fantasy.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2015
The Times declared 2012 “the year of the MOOC,” but there was considerable time-lag.
From Slate • Dec. 27, 2013
The old spindizzies were soundly engineered converters of almost childlike simplicity that could and did carry ships enormous distances if their passengers didn't care about subjective time-lag, and a little radioactivity.
From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)
