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 a more holistic recovery, capital must rotate into less favored but more resilient sectors—business services, healthcare and other domestic industries that dominate the private equity backlog and are less susceptible to influences like tariffs or fuel prices.
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Marc Cooper, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
That has been improving completion rates at pediatric imaging centers facing backlogs, officials said.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
The city’s lengthy repair backlog frequently means that fixes are many years away, Hadar said.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
At least 4,815 sets of images got caught in backlogs when staff didn’t upload them to their electronic health records, according to the report.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 26 May 2026
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Marc Cooper, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
That has been improving completion rates at pediatric imaging centers facing backlogs, officials said.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
The city’s lengthy repair backlog frequently means that fixes are many years away, Hadar said.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
At least 4,815 sets of images got caught in backlogs when staff didn’t upload them to their electronic health records, according to the report.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backlog
Noun
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Currie noted that as the conflict drags on, global oil inventories continue to decline.—
,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
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Steven Thomas, chief economist at Reports on Housing, sees a balanced market (sellers and buyers) with a slight downward price pressure as inventory levels rise.—
Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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Russia has targeted Ukraine‘s power supplies and infrastructure while Ukraine has stepped up attacks on oil facilities inside Russia this year, sometimes resulting in casualties.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
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Bottled water was never in short supply during my stay.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The backstory Romeo Roma is the second hotel in the Romeo collection, after Romeo Napoli (Romeo Massa Lubrense is slated to open later this year).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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Lila Matsumoto’s publications include the poetry collections Talk a Blue Streak (Monitor, 2026), Two Twin Pipes Sprout Water (Prototype, 2021), Urn & Drum (Shearsman, 2018), and a creative-critical artist’s book, The Very Nature of Materiality is an Entanglement (In Other Words, 2024).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Set the scene This red-brick Palladian pile is right at the foot of the looming Rock of Cashel, one of Ireland’s most famous historic sites, with its Romanesque chapel, roofless cathedral and pencil-shaped round tower.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Now that same leader can be felled by an Instagram pile-on or a spurious Substack rumor, and is likelier to shy from the long, slow, gritty work of governance.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Shange’s rainbow assemblage manages to be confrontational and conciliatory through a confessional accumulation that collapses poetry, movement, and ritual into a single and ever-changing event.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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And one thing Deb, who spent decades prioritizing the accumulation of money over the refinement of her craft, has learned from collaborating with Ava is that, in the end, art matters more to her than business.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
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The hoard was found in a field near Rena, about 18 miles north of Elverum in southeastern Norway, according to an announcement from the University of Oslo's Museum of Cultural History (KHM).—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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There are some companies sitting on a cash hoard that have Wall Street’s stamp of approval.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
24 May 2026
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The cache also contained blue faience vessels, miniature ritual jars, amulets shaped like a duck and the Atef Crown, decorative stones, and several pairs of earrings believed to be made of gold.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
1 June 2026
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Competing guiding companies now worked together to fix ropes and organize safety caches.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Richer economies like those in Europe are mulling building fertilizer stockpiles, reducing duties on imports, and onshoring production, but poorer ones have limited room to adapt.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
28 May 2026
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The armed forces reportedly maintain more than 1,200 light armored vehicles, while some broader inventories place total armored and transport stockpiles in the range of several thousand.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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“Backlog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backlog. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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