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
While there's a large backlog of repayment plan applications, the Education Department has recently made progress in processing the forms.
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Annie Nova, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
According to a client advisory from Seko Logistics Monday, more than 26,000 flights have been impacted to date, driving the persistent global backlogs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Mar. 2026
For years, the board struggled with backlog issues, vacancies, turnover and a lack of meetings.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Morrison said a final decision usually comes within six months, but a backlog could slow down the process.
—Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
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Annie Nova, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
According to a client advisory from Seko Logistics Monday, more than 26,000 flights have been impacted to date, driving the persistent global backlogs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Mar. 2026
For years, the board struggled with backlog issues, vacancies, turnover and a lack of meetings.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Morrison said a final decision usually comes within six months, but a backlog could slow down the process.
—Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backlog
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Crude is effectively trading on a geopolitical risk premium as investors hedge against prolonged disruptions and critically low inventories, Goldman said.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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Advertisers will be able to access Samsung TV Plus inventory through Samsung’s partnership with Amazon DSP.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has constrained oil supplies, driving up transportation costs for a range of industries.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Gas prices have surged past $4 per gallon for the first time in more than three years on Tuesday, according to data from GasBuddy, as the war in Iran continues to disrupt global oil supplies.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Pop Mart first launched Labubu as part of a blind-box collection in 2019 after licensing the character from Hong Kong-Dutch artist Kasing Lung, who created it for a picture-book series several years earlier.—
Elaine Yu,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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The analysis by the John Locke Foundation, a conservative think tank, found that across nine of North Carolina’s most populous counties, property tax collections exceeded what a levy limit would have allowed by nearly $3 billion over the past 10 years.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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Mendoza will mark the best moment of his life by hugging NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and throwing on the New Era 2026 NFL Draft On Stage Pre-Curved 9FIFTY Snapback Hat in Black and Silver, with a pile of skulls printed on the inside, as seen here.—
Megan Armstrong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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San Jose didn’t follow through on the threats to take ownership of the property, but the city did use the receiver to coax the owner to bulldoze the property and remove piles of fire-scarred debris from the empty lots.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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For the second time in less than a week, Luka Doncic faces a one-game suspension because of technical foul accumulation.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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During this critical supply-accumulation phase, my primary focus as an engineer shifts to monitoring the tank top — the absolute maximum safe operating capacity of a storage hub.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Along with its hoard of 25 Sunday Night Baseball outings, NBC also will kickstart the postseason with an exclusive staging of the Wild Card round.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Archaeologists discovered two astonishing Iron Age hoards in North Yorkshire, one of them being the largest ever found in British history, which has changed the historical understanding of wealth and power in pre-Roman Britain.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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The selloff was triggered by Fortune's discovery of a draft blog post revealing the model’s existence in an unsecured data cache.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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But there is a certain cache to Delta's Atlanta-Washington flights.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Japan, which imports almost all of its oil and gas, is releasing almost 80 million barrels of mostly crude oil as part of a record 400-million-barrel release from global oil stockpiles coordinated by the International Energy Agency.—
Rebecca Shabad,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
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There are limits to the stockpiles of these most sophisticated weapons available for Ukraine to defend itself, and concerns mount that Ukraine will soon suffer from reduced supplies of weapons.—
Bob Kustra,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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