time lag

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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. 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
  • Baleba, after a troubled start to his season following United’s interest during the transfer window, had a good game against Newcastle last time out, and his performance in front of his suitors could impact their intentions next summer.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • TextEdit now functions as my to-do-list app, my e-mail drafting window, my personal calendar, and my stash of notes to self, which act like digital Post-its.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Wired mice are good for people who want to minimize lag and maximize responsiveness, such as gamers.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Its 240Hz refresh rate keeps motion buttery, while 1ms response and FreeSync Premium Pro remove lag and tears completely.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Reheat in the microwave on Medium in 30-second intervals.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Stir in white chocolate and butter microwave in 15-second intervals, until melted.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lawrence also took another two-year pause after the release of raunchy comedy No Hard Feelings (2023) before taking on a new project, Die My Love.
    Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • While earnings season has helped fill the information void, this pause in government data comes at a uniquely unfortunate time, given questions about the health of the labor market and inflationary pressures during the trade war.
    Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This heater has two heat settings and an oscillating base so heat is evenly distributed throughout your space.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Ideal locations range between 5,000 to 50,000 square feet of sales floor space.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • He was hired as an interim in March, delivered qualification for the Champions League, and got the job on a permanent basis.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Not the official interim Barnes will serve in the position for 30 days, McGee said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • 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 26 Oct. 2025.

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