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 But the effects of that population in California are particularly pronounced because of the state’s backlog of housing needs, McGhee said. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 The Department of Transportation’s permitting backlog, which this spring reportedly had hundreds of businesses waiting for a green light, hasn’t helped. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2026 Underfunded and understaffed, the center quickly racked up a backlog of unresolved complaints and closed many others without findings or with what critics said were inadequate investigations. — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2026 All flights were temporarily stopped at Chicago’s two major airports, and officials warned of delays as the backlog was cleared. — Laura Bargfeld, Fortune, 12 Aug. 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
  • Its purpose should guide the choice of format and location, along with decisions about assortment, inventory, layout, technology, and employee capabilities.
    — Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The oldest baby boomers turn 80 this year, and won’t typically start downsizing until their mid-80s, meaning the inventory constraints that have locked millennials out of the market have another decade to run.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of inventory
Noun
  • But the market’s impressive ability to at least partially work its way around the conflict has also prevented prices from surging as astronomically high as the world’s largest-ever oil supply shock would suggest.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • When the state failed to secure bids, municipalities had to seek emergency supplies or contact salt mines directly.
    — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of supply
Noun
  • The collection will soon expand their operations beyond Spain, however, with properties planned in Namibia and Venice too.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
  • And if a debt collector knows or has reason to know your employer prohibits personal debt collection communications at work, the debt collector generally can't contact you there.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of collection
Noun
  • The kitchen’s electrical oven roasts them during the daytime; they’re then chilled and served cold, with hot sauce, a ramekin of mayonnaise, and a pile of pickle spears.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
  • There's a miniature sailboat mounted on a wall, a marble plinth bearing a pile of seashells.
    — Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of pile
Noun
  • Midfielder Rodrigo De Paul missed the game while serving a suspension for yellow card accumulation.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Inflammation from poor glucose control can stress blood vessels, increasing plaque accumulation and the risk of heart disease.
    — Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of accumulation
Noun
  • Abel opens the wallet Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO Greg Abel, who took over from Buffett at the start of the year, appears determined to put the record cash hoard amassed by Warren Buffett to work on buybacks and stock purchases.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Efforts to shine a light on and restore the more than 100,000 as-yet-unclaimed artifacts from this hoard have been on the uptick.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of hoard
Noun
  • German police believe a cache of firearms discovered in a Berlin forest last year was intended for use by Russian intelligence in assassination plots, German media reported.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Khurram Ismail, Chief Product Officer at SanDisk talked about their vision of additional layers in the storage and memory hierarchy for storing persistent KV cache as shown below.
    — Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of cache
Noun
  • This essentially proves the design, factories, assembly procedures, and qualification processes are ready for serial conversion of the rest of the stockpile.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
  • China, too, has relied heavily on its own massive oil stockpiles, while simultaneously drastically reducing its crude imports.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of stockpile

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