time lag
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Second, it is unclear how much of Britain's inflation premium over other countries represents a time-lag - partly due to a different timing of energy subsidies - rather than persistent inflation pressures.
From Reuters • Jun. 16, 2023
And there is a time-lag in the survey, so the figures are older than police figures.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2017
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
Until the Secretary of Defense’s reappraisal is completed, the emphasis here will be largely on improved organization and decision-making—on cutting down the wasteful duplications and the time-lag that have handicapped our whole family of missiles.
From State of the Union Address by Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
