backlog

noun

Definition of backlognext
as in inventory
a large number of jobs or items that are waiting to be finished or processed We have a huge backlog of orders yet to be filled.

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Recent Examples of backlog For instance, Airbus alone ended 2025 with a backlog of 8,754 commercial aircraft, highlighting just how far demand has outpaced production capacity. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026 The increase would have brought the average annual bill to $117, generating an additional $80 million a year as the city faces a backlog of broken streetlights due to stagnant funding and a rise in vandalism and theft. — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 However, electrification has quietly ballooned into a juggernaut with a $42 billion backlog, up from just $9 billion at the end of 2022. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 July 2026 The rocket also has a backlog of more than two dozen national security missions awaiting its return to flight. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for backlog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backlog
  1. inventory
  2. supply
  3. collection
  4. pile
  5. accumulation
  6. hoard
  7. cache
  8. stockpile
Noun
  • Buyers are starting to get more leverage in the market, as inventory increases and homes sit for longer.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • That means maintaining an AI inventory, assigning ownership, setting review intervals, monitoring safety and equity metrics and deciding what requires legal, compliance, clinical or patient-safety review.
    — Dr. Alena Fuchs, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of inventory
Noun
  • The law primarily aims to tackle America’s housing affordability problem by increasing supply.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russian fuel tankers in the Sea of Azov, seeking to disrupt supplies to occupied Crimea at a time when drone strikes have triggered nationwide gasoline shortages.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of supply
Noun
  • While Real-world data collection is slow, linear, and bound by physical time, generative 3D world models provide a pipeline for synthetic data generation at scale.
    — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • The collection was unveiled at an elaborate event at the Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay, just outside Paris.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of collection
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  • Baby Boomers, meanwhile, are armed with piles of cash and plenty of time, giving them more flexibility for travel.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • As her daughter sweeps away the last piles of sand, 54-year-old Nuru Mohammed directs women hanging fishing nets to serve as décor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Definition of pile
Noun
  • One Tarrant County restaurant was temporarily closed, and roaches and an accumulation of fruit flies were seen at others during the latest round of county health inspections, according to the inspection reports.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026
  • This accumulation of electrons reduces the charge on nearby lithium ions, directly forcing them to solidify into battery-killing metallic dendrites.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
Definition of accumulation
Noun
  • In simpler terms, that appears to just mean a hoard of bitcoin.
    — Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Think of it as more room for your overflowing hoard of face masks and serums.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026
Definition of hoard
Noun
  • When Brown asked to see the cache of papers, the librarian grilled her about her motives.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • Officials have not reported discovering caches containing cash, gold or weapons and have not publicly commented on the broader allegations.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of cache
Noun
  • Falling oil prices and the easing of a commodities crunch have pushed countries — wary of being left exposed by another global crisis akin to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — to shore up their stockpiles.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • Through 2031, Charlotte boasts seven first-rounders and 11 second-round selections, leaving the Hornets armed with perhaps the second-best stockpile of future ammunition this side of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
Definition of stockpile

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