time lag

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Recent Examples of time lag The time lag, barely noticeable, was 17 milliseconds. Tim Hornyak, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2025 Somewhere between all these time lags and misconceptions, our attitude to and relationship with the United States has changed. Jessica Traynor, The Dial, 11 Nov. 2025 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. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 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 See All Example Sentences for time lag
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Noun
  • The Scotland international almost signed for Serie A side Genoa in the winter window and is expected to depart this summer.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • Police pulled prints from that window and matched them with Willis, the complaint said.
    Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • The underlying technology uses sixteen years of structured mapping, global returns data, and garment construction expertise to prevent system lag and hallucinated recommendations on high-traffic shopping days.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
  • The Luna controller works with it perfectly by minimizing input lag significantly.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • The ant, curled like a comma in my palm.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • Square Lake looks suspiciously like a comma.
    Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The long necklace, from around 1910, has seed pearl linking, which is accented at intervals by scroll and floral spacers.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
  • Rosatom is developing a floating power unit for international markets with a capacity of 100 MWe, 10-year refueling intervals, and a 60-year service life.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • After a brief pause in the fourth inning, Will Smith led off the fifth inning with the Dodgers’ fourth homer of the night.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
  • Eastern Ukraine — There is a whirr, a flurry of dust, a pause as the grainy image recalibrates, and then a devastating blast.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • Drone plans developed by NASA suggest the space agency is particularly interested in Arsia Mons, a shield volcano in Mars' Tharsis region, which includes the largest volcanoes in the solar system, such as Olympus Mons — almost three times as high as Mount Everest.
    Tom Brown, Space.com, 25 May 2026
  • Even so, the rooms remain an appealing choice for travelers who prioritize space.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • At the time, Warsh was the youngest person ever to serve on the central bank’s board, and returned more than a decade later after working with legendary investor Stan Druckenmiller in the interim.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 May 2026
  • There’s been a lot of small-screen Star Wars content in the interim, so you'd be forgiven for having lost track of what Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu have been up to.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • After disc removal, the resulting interspace requires robust reconstruction to restore height, alignment, and stability.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026
  • The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024

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“Time lag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20lag. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.

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