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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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The suspect drove past the bar several times before stopping and shooting from the window of his SUV at people on a patio and in front of the bar, according to Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Consider using Cambria as window-sill cladding, shelving for a wet bar, or even as focal-point wall installations that serve as artwork in their own right.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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Other times there is more of a lag, a few years or a few books into an author’s career.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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That likely helped quicken Iran’s retaliation compared to the lag seen in the immediate outbreak of the 12-day war last June.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
28 Feb. 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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Here is a mom falling over cackling at the comma-rich DM her extremely funny daughter, Mandy Brooke, sent to Lil Wayne.—
Julie Klausner,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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Other than that let the factory maintenance minder pick the intervals.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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Note that locations farther to the west have the moon and sun together in the sky for a noticeably longer interval.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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There's been a pause on issuing them ever since.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Wild entered the NHL’s three-week Olympic break on a heater, going 8-1-1 in their final 10 games before the pause.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
27 Feb. 2026
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The one thing that is undetermined that could free up even more cap space is the situation surrounding defensive tackle Kenny Clark.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Mar. 2026
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In true Dean fashion, this space was once Dublin’s most iconic nightclub, now transformed into one of the city’s most covetable gym experiences.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Aurora City Council has approved the appointment of three top city leaders, all of whom had been serving as interims in their respective roles.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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The idea of an external interim, new to the club, new to the league, represents a leap into the dark for everyone involved.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 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 7 Mar. 2026.
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