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
Local governments also didn’t do Hollywoodland any favors in terms of their permitting processes, which often created giant backlogs.
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
This kind of partnership, Nye said, helped the office clear a backlog of over 1,000 such tips from before Labrador took office.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2025
But even before the mass layoffs in April, staffers said there was a backlog in posting warning letters related to food safety.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
There is a backlog of some 1.9 million applications.
—Ann Carrns, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
This kind of partnership, Nye said, helped the office clear a backlog of over 1,000 such tips from before Labrador took office.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2025
But even before the mass layoffs in April, staffers said there was a backlog in posting warning letters related to food safety.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
There is a backlog of some 1.9 million applications.
—Ann Carrns, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backlog
Noun
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Market Watch reported that empty shelves are being seen all over the U.S. because of lack of inventory and parts.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2025
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Warehouse workers roam the aisles, keeping tabs on the inventory, adding and pulling a menagerie of unusual and valuable bottles.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Bird flu has continued to decimate the egg supply, lifting prices, researchers at the University of Tennessee and Mississippi State University found in February.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
3 May 2025
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Yell and the regiment were tasked with ensuring that the army's supplies were transported to the new camp, but after Mexican forces fired upon the Arkansans, Yell burned the supplies that had not yet been removed and retreated after the rest of the army to Buena Vista.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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Windows users can buy the entire Space Quest collection through Steam or Good Old Games.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 May 2025
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Rather, the distillery uses the collection to explore how nuanced cask finishes can deepen complexity without overpowering the bourbon’s core character. Passport: Explore the finest destinations and experiences around the world in the Forbes Passport newsletter.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Warren Buffett's life in pictures 1 of 43 Buffett discusses Berkshire’s cash pile Buffett addressed Berkshire sitting on hoards of cash.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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There was a two-and-a-half-hour wait in the sports hall for a nervous Campbell to be declared winner but observers of the count, held on a series of long tables by council staff and volunteers, had seen one pile of forms growing higher than the others.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Having cash set aside can help prevent the accumulation of high-cost debt or the need to prematurely raid retirement accounts in the face of income disruptions, rising expenses or other unexpected costs, McBride said.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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And in people with AD, aerobic exercise has been shown to increase brain function by reducing the accumulation of tau proteins and amyloid plaques (a sign of dementia).—
Carolyn L. Todd,
SELF,
12 May 2025
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Official reserves stand at around 2,292 tons as of March 2025, according to the World Gold Council, though some speculate that the true hoard could be in excess of 30,000 tons.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Experts said the hoard likely belonged to a very wealthy individual, according to Romanian news outlet TVRInfo.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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Weighing a hefty 15 pounds, the cache was found by two hikers who handed the treasure over to the museum in February.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
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The image below, from a Seagate presentation shows a high-capacity enterprise HDD with an SSD cache both functioning over a PCIe bus to the DPU and a special NIC supporting remote direct memory access using NVMe-oF and AIStorage object storage with optional GPUDirect capability for the HDD data.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, told NBC News that Tehran would commit to never making nuclear weapons and getting rid of its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium.—
Nayera Abdallah,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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However, the company has used leverage to amass its bitcoin stockpile and trades at a large premium to its bitcoin holdings.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
14 May 2025
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“Backlog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backlog. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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