as in inventories
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 backlogs
Feldstein Soto has denied wrongdoing, arguing that rising liability costs reflect broader national trends involving increasingly large jury awards, post-pandemic litigation backlogs and rising settlement values.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 29 May 2026
That has been improving completion rates at pediatric imaging centers facing backlogs, officials said.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
Trump has also complained about the backlogs of millions of cases inside immigration courts, pointing to courts as an obstacle to rapid deportation.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 26 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
But the program is facing growing backlogs as federal resources shift toward immigration enforcement.
—Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Enforce The 60-Day Kill Switch Documentation backlogs are where productivity goes to die.
—Jerry Dolinsky, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Mate Security frames this as a self-improving SOC, where detection and response no longer depend entirely on manual engineering backlogs.
—K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Shanghai and Ningbo are among the ports experiencing significant backlogs, with labor shortages and capacity constraints slowing container movement on Asia-Europe and Mediterranean trade routes.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Teresa Liu, Daily News, 29 May 2026
That has been improving completion rates at pediatric imaging centers facing backlogs, officials said.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
Trump has also complained about the backlogs of millions of cases inside immigration courts, pointing to courts as an obstacle to rapid deportation.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 26 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
But the program is facing growing backlogs as federal resources shift toward immigration enforcement.
—Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Enforce The 60-Day Kill Switch Documentation backlogs are where productivity goes to die.
—Jerry Dolinsky, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Mate Security frames this as a self-improving SOC, where detection and response no longer depend entirely on manual engineering backlogs.
—K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Shanghai and Ningbo are among the ports experiencing significant backlogs, with labor shortages and capacity constraints slowing container movement on Asia-Europe and Mediterranean trade routes.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backlogs
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Chevron, Exxon, and Morgan Stanley all warned that oil inventories were nearing troublingly low levels, and high insurance rates for ships passing through the strait have barely budged.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
29 May 2026
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Energy major Exxon has issued a stark warning that oil inventories will fall to record lows in the coming weeks.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Rodent holes, brush piles, firewood, timbers, dense undergrowth, and leaf piles can also attract wasps in search of a place to nest.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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Knisley has worked with communities where coal ash was used to fill children’s ball fields and seen Tennessee Valley Authority waste piles of the toxic ash piled up behind a public playground, open to the wind.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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To work around these limitations, epidemiologists in the field have turned to broader-spectrum diagnostic kits and alternative rapid assays, though shortages of testing supplies and the logistical difficulties of operating in remote outbreak regions continue to hamper response efforts.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 May 2026
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The stadium is now used by people seeking shelter from gangs, who now control key routes to and from the capital, choking off vital supplies in the Caribbean nation grappling with a deepening hunger crisis.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
29 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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Known for her use of film, video, light and sound, Thater has been a force in contemporary art for almost four decades, with pieces in museum collections worldwide, including at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and New York’s Museum of Modern Art.—
Solvej Schou,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Two hobbyists recently uncovered one of the largest Viking coin hoards ever found — fittingly, in a Nordic country.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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They’re particularly drawn to red, so these feeders attract them in hoards.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Hosted by real estate agents and mortgage advisors, this event raises funds for Lyric, a nonprofit that helps LGBTQ+ youth in the Bay Area and features drag performances, cocktails, food, music and more.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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Adam Zimmerman, a law professor at the University of Southern California, told NPR that past examples of mass compensation funds directed by the president, whether related to the Holocaust or the BP oil spill, resolved sprawling class-action lawsuits, which is not the case here.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
30 May 2026
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Fox News Digital observed stockpiles of masks, duct tape, medical supplies, sunscreen, hard hats, goggles and other protective gear in containers and laid out on tables near the protest site.—
Stephen Sorace , Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Asked about arms sales to Taiwan, Hegseth downplayed concerns that a multi-billion-dollar package could be affected as the United States draws down its weapons stockpiles amid the Middle East conflict.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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In this case, that would take 16 multiplication operations and 16 additions (or four accumulations).—
Olivia Hsu,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Apr. 2026
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The map also includes tornado reports for the past week and recent rainfall accumulations.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Apr. 2026
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