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Recent Examples of time lag
In my film, this cultural time lag is illustrated through the phenomenon of stage diving — when a performer jumps into the crowd to be carried by the audience.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
The researchers from Fudan University’s State Key Laboratory of Integrated Chips and Systems and the College of Integrated Circuits and Micro-nano Electronics aimed to overcome this time lag by embedding 2D flash technology directly into CMOS platforms.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
That lapse is likely driven because of time lags between actual sales and assessments, Kaegi’s office said, an issue that gets worse when market values are increasing faster.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Some critics say the ratings are not very accurate because of a time lag between the data collection and the publication of the scores, and some say the ratings are unfair to hospitals that have low income populations that tend to be sicker than hospitals in wealthier areas.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
The researchers from Fudan University’s State Key Laboratory of Integrated Chips and Systems and the College of Integrated Circuits and Micro-nano Electronics aimed to overcome this time lag by embedding 2D flash technology directly into CMOS platforms.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
That lapse is likely driven because of time lags between actual sales and assessments, Kaegi’s office said, an issue that gets worse when market values are increasing faster.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Some critics say the ratings are not very accurate because of a time lag between the data collection and the publication of the scores, and some say the ratings are unfair to hospitals that have low income populations that tend to be sicker than hospitals in wealthier areas.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time lag
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Each day lost risks robbing patients of the best window for the best care.—
Alex Mejia Garcia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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Twice, a mental health practitioner tried to speak with him through a tiny window in the locked door but didn’t get very far.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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It’s also built for performance with a 144Hz native refresh rate and Game Accelerator 240 for lag-free play.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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That means high oil prices could be here for a while – and gas prices, which follow oil prices with a lag, could stay elevated for even longer.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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Each of the four tracks on At Source has a two-word title, split down the middle with a comma.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
2 Mar. 2026
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Starmer, a former human-rights lawyer, approaches every problem with an arid obsession with process rather than outcome—as if, when people follow every dot and comma of the rules, nothing bad can happen and no one should complain.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025
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This shortening interval raises fears that human experts may end up merely approving recommendations generated by algorithms.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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The episodes helped the fourth season generate 28M views over this interval, which is exactly what the second half of Season 3 got in its opening weekend as well.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2026
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As the road flows into Missouri, plan a leg-stretching pause at Meramec Caverns in the leafy Ozarks.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Denver’s mayor has already instituted a similar pause.—
Eric Schmidt,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The question box includes a space for your name, but this is optional.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The space agency quickly determined that the 2022 strike trimmed the smaller asteroid’s orbit around its bigger companion.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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While much of Noem's leadership team is expected to stay in place for the immediate interim, it is widely assumed among DHS senior leadership that Lewandowski will be departing the department along with Noem.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Should the interim head coach stay an interim?—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2024
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Many of the bacteria at least partially survived, which helps to test one of the parameters for the theory of panspermia—that life on Earth originated somewhere else and was brought here on an asteroid or other interspace body.—
Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
14 Sep. 2020
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“Time lag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20lag. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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