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Recent Examples of time lag
Although this policy assumption will tend to ameliorate GDP deceleration, monetary policy acts with a significant time lag.
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Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Flying home from a successful tour finale in Vancouver last year with a decent time lag before the season began was seen as ideal.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 May 2025
According to her research, traditional fashion weeks lead to overproduction, and the time lag between the reveal of designs during traditional fashion weeks and availability leads to a disconnect that alienates young generations.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
Having the FPVs with the assault troops cuts that time lag to seconds.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Flying home from a successful tour finale in Vancouver last year with a decent time lag before the season began was seen as ideal.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 May 2025
According to her research, traditional fashion weeks lead to overproduction, and the time lag between the reveal of designs during traditional fashion weeks and availability leads to a disconnect that alienates young generations.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
Having the FPVs with the assault troops cuts that time lag to seconds.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for time lag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time lag
Noun
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The previous head-coaching exception window was 30 days which began the day after the coaching change.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Oct. 2025
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Though the details of safe-haven laws vary by state, most say that during a short window of time—often up to 30 to 45 days after a baby is born—a parent can anonymously relinquish an infant without fear of prosecution if certain requirements are upheld.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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When gaming, the TV has Auto Game Mode and Game Accelerator, which together, reduces input lag and leads to more responsive gameplay.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
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Though still on the books, the protocols established for broadcasting in 1927 might seem to be a classic instance of technological-cultural lag.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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But no one really cared about pitch counts in that era, which could help explain why Koufax retired in the fall of ’66 at the age of 30, having pitched his last two seasons with an arthritic condition in a left elbow that Scully once remarked looked like a comma.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pressing the comma key takes you to the start of an item, such as a large table or long list, while pressing the period key takes you to the end.—
Michael Muchmore,
PC Magazine,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Repeat this interval five to six times.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
2 Oct. 2025
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Ten years on the Moon exposes the battery at fortnightly intervals to extremes of heat and cold, with temperatures during the lunar night dropping as low as -334 °F (-173 °C) and staying near that extreme for two weeks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The funding pause leaves many new homeowners in high-flood risk areas scrambling for protection and could halt the processing of current damage claims.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Contrast that with Robert Lewandowski, whose stutter, pause, judder, wait for the ’keeper to dive and then place it wide of the post didn’t work for Barcelona during their surprise defeat away to Sevilla a few hours later.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the space of several fraught days, an already difficult situation is compounded by nightmarish setbacks.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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While some consumers are reeling back spending in the restaurant and retail space, the new Chipotle offering could cause a surge in Rewards members, boosting overall sales down the line.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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In the last dozen years, the school has had five presidents (including interims) with varying interest in sports.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Not the official interim Barnes will serve in the position for 30 days, McGee said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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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 9 Oct. 2025.
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