time lag

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Recent Examples of time lag The researchers have already developed and begun testing several different versions of sweat sensors beyond the one described last week; a consequence of the time lag between publishing research results and making progress in the lab. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2016 That multiyear time lag in the analogy reflects the yoctosecond time lag between the collision and your ability to capture it, correct? Henry Carnell, Quanta Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025 From a tactical perspective, the time lag between exposure and symptoms has limited the utility of biological weapons on a battlefield. Kate Charlet, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018 These days, there is little to no time lag between making environmental commitments, doing the work to deliver on them and reporting on your progress. Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for time lag
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Noun
  • On a sunny afternoon filled with anticipation, a group of young nieces and nephews crowded around a window, eyes wide, filled with the excitement of catching the first glimpse of their newest family member.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • Filmed entirely on location in Van Buren and Northwest Arkansas 'Trail of Vengeance' tells the gripping story of Katherine Atherton (Rumer Willis), a window left to grapple with the devastating murder of her husband (Jeremy Sumpter).
    Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Past issues of this blog have discussed the shortcomings of the BLS’ CPI calculation, especially the long lag in the highly weighted (35%) rental component of the index.
    Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Digital checkouts are also up 239% compared to rates before the pandemic — an increase that McKee said has helped compensate for the ongoing lag in physical visits to libraries in recent years.
    Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Gemini took care with its enjambment, carefully crafting stanzas, but didn’t use punctuation outside of periods and commas.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
  • Note that there is no comma—no Oxford comma, that is, beloved of this publication and often scorned elsewhere—before the conjunction.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • His job was harder still after Jackson’s elbow on Sven Botman nine minutes before the interval prompted his red card.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • That interval was later extended to 15 days, a practice still observed today to accommodate global participation.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • However, since then, Donald Trump has initiated a 90-day pause in the U.S.-China tariff conflict, reducing U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, while China has lowered its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports from 125% to 10% .
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 May 2025
  • Then, the White House announced that the U.S. and China have agreed to a 90 day pause in their trade war.
    David Hebert, National Review, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • This means that while the cabinet box does most of the work to support and contain its contents, the cabinet doors add to the look of the entire space.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2025
  • Sagittarius Shuhua Xiong Full Moon in Scorpio on May 12: Clear space for spiritual honesty.
    Colin Bedell, Them., 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Two months after the court hearing, Anderson-Barker wrote to Feldstein Soto, copying Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and UCLA interim Chancellor Darnell Hunt asking that the phones be returned to the students.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Sarah Boese, a deputy administrator, has filed a separate complaint alleging unethical conduct and political retaliation for the board's refusal to consider her for the job and choosing Marasco as the interim, the Register reports.
    Jason Clayworth, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • These songs mess with interspace.
    Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2021

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“Time lag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20lag. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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