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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
Its budget currently stands at just under $300 million, and how that money is used could determine whether institutions get real help addressing the backlog.
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 May 2026
Brian Kemp signs 34 bills, trimming his backlog with days left to act on this year’s legislation.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
That means expanding and streamlining visa pathways both for high-skilled workers and essential industries like agriculture, caregiving, and logistics so our economy can grow without relying on exploitation or backlogs that take years to resolve.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
This has led to a significant backlog of work and low employee morale, which affects our staff retention rate.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 May 2026
Brian Kemp signs 34 bills, trimming his backlog with days left to act on this year’s legislation.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
That means expanding and streamlining visa pathways both for high-skilled workers and essential industries like agriculture, caregiving, and logistics so our economy can grow without relying on exploitation or backlogs that take years to resolve.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
This has led to a significant backlog of work and low employee morale, which affects our staff retention rate.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backlog
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Wolfe said the retailer expects to modify its distribution footprint over time to have most of its inventory and processing pass through its most efficient distribution centers.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The first phase of 39 homesites sold out within months, and there has been no inventory since.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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Eco effort On an island like Capri, where much of the food and supplies come from the mainland, sustainability is a challenge, but the hotel makes an admirable effort.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 May 2026
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Albanese traveled to Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia in recent weeks to shore up supplies of gasoline and diesel following disruptions caused by attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel beginning in late February.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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The result was a collection of photographs that both capture the culture and the people of Mexico and record Hurst’s particular proclivities, the food that fed his hungry eye.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Notable items from their collections include Charlotte’s Prada coat from the Spring 2023 Menswear collection and Miranda’s vintage Issey Miyake coat.—
Kailyn Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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This dynamic creates a survival-of-the-fittest scenario where smaller companies — who can’t afford to sit on piles of unsold metals — might be forced into the arms of larger competitors.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
4 May 2026
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Venice is a city built on timber piles driven into mud more than a thousand years ago, its infrastructure both stubborn and fragile.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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The first of three games in seven days will begin without Bouanga, who is suspended for one match due to yellow card accumulation.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
10 May 2026
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In practice, however, the process is often limited by the accumulation of volatile fatty acids, which decrease pH levels and suppress microbial activity.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Bankhead has linked the hoard to Michael Ramsey, an English bishop who served as the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961 to 1974 and later retired to Durham.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Researchers from the University of Oslo's Museum of Cultural History certified the find and said in a news release on April 29 that the cache of 2,970 silver coins is the largest Viking Age coin hoard in Norwegian history.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Discovery Channel has become appointment viewing for men aged twenty-five to fifty-four, powered by the network’s cache of gold-mining reality series.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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An archaeologist uncovered a cache of rare religious artifacts deliberately thrown in an English river — and has now shed light on why they were dumped.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Leuchten sees it differently, arguing that Novo cornered itself by depending too much on semaglutide rather than diversifying its stockpile of active ingredients for its weight loss drugs.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Domonoske says that's because restoring production takes time, and the world will want a lot of oil to rebuild stockpiles.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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“Backlog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backlog. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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