How to Use backlog in a Sentence

backlog

noun

• We have a huge backlog of orders to be filled.
• While Boston doesn’t have a backlog of untested kits, the state does.
  — Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
• Make wise use of all resources to maintain a small backlog.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• The training backlog is due to the unnecessary snail’s pace of the training.
  — WSJ, 4 July 2023
• Overall progress clearing the backlog has been slow but steady.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
• Supply chains have cleared their backlogs, helping tame prices for all kinds of goods.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• The remains are still being tested for DNA in a process that could take a year or more, in part due to a backlog of cases.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 4 May 2023
• The backlog is so deep, the average asylum case now takes between four and five years to complete.
  — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 14 May 2023
• Greenberg said the city is dealing with a backlog of 955 unfilled requests.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2023
• But the agency still hasn’t released them, citing a backlog of requests.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2023
• Police have been delayed in part due to a backlog inside their forensics lab.
  — Catherine Rentz, ProPublica, 21 Sep. 2023
• The interruption of work at the Grant Bowl, the city stated, was due to a $600 million maintenance backlog.
  — Nikstreng, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023
• In fact, asylum court backlogs have increased more than sevenfold over the past 10 years.
  — Robert McKee Irwin, The Conversation, 11 May 2023
• But that could take years amid an ever-growing backlog of cases.
  — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
• However, there is a large backlog for setting those fires.
  — David Schechter, Haley Rush, CBS News, 17 July 2023
• If officials are able to get the backlog under control by the end of the year, the renewal process in 2024 might be a different story.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2023
• That dedication and backlog of data can only be achieved with time on the water, of course.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023
• But supply-chain backlogs have eased in the past year, sharply reducing upward pressure on goods prices.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
• McMahon offered no clear timeline on when backlogs of payments and claims would be resolved, though.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2024
• That they haven’t been charged with any crime or assessed a penalty by the IRS may have more to do with that agency’s investigative backlog than anything else.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2024
• Critics say the court backlog encourages more people to seek asylum.
  — Elliot Spagat, ajc, 1 May 2023
• The processing backlog at the Division of Public Assistance has strained food bank resources across the state.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
• The San Diego Sheriff’s Department has a backlog of thousands of arrest warrants.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• They’re occasionally scheduled for eight-hour overnight shifts to deal with the inevitable backlog.
  — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024
• Howell indicated the judges in the court could encounter backlogs in scheduling because of the high court's review.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2023
• The state’s Division of Public Assistance is in the process of hiring and training 30 new employees as part of state action to correct the backlog.
  — Claire Stremple, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2023
• The sheer volume of applications is leading to a backlog in passport issuance.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 11 July 2023
• The second thing is that a large number of people ahead of the recent migrants are in the backlog of work-authorization applications.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
• That meant fixing an enormous mail backlog with some of the millions of pieces in limbo for over a year — no minor logistical challenge.
  — Carole V. Bell, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
• As watchmakers returned to their benches, they were met with a massive backlog and soaring waiting lists at stores.
  — Andy Hoffman, Fortune Europe, 8 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024