time lag

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Recent Examples of time lag 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 The researchers have already developed and begun testing several different versions of sweat sensors beyond the one described last week; a consequence of the time lag between publishing research results and making progress in the lab. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2016 See All Example Sentences for time lag
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Noun
  • The river vessels’ Skylight Infinite Balcony Suites, for example, will feature the retractable windows that transform part of the cabin into a balcony, along with a ceiling window.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But signing leading players from Forest, Villa, Brentford, Stuttgart and the mighty Milan in one transfer window looks pretty significant, too.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Institutional interest has been shifting toward Solana in recent weeks as bitcoin and ether lag.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • While Mare blossoms quickly under his guidance, the rest lag doltishly behind, using journalism as a pretext to confront an ex, or getting duped by some teens into writing a credulous account of a preposterous youth trend.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cooking by weight would fix this, but since volume is the American default, the comma denotes an important difference.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
  • In the business world, a comma can carry enormous weight—especially in legal disputes.
    Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Earlier studies have shown these changes in the plants of the Bighorn Basin were related to the climate being hotter and more seasonally dry than before – or after – this interval of rapid climate change.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Up ahead another mile lay Chickenbone Lake, a virgin sheet of water locked in primitive wilderness, reached by no trail, seen by human eyes hardly once a year, knowing the dip of a paddle blade perhaps at ten-summer intervals.
    Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Judges have said Trump can extend the pause pending more appeals.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
  • When contacted one week ago by ABC News, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said there is no communications pause and that the certification process is moving forward.
    Liz Neporent, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • His new contract follows that of cornerback DaRon Bland, who signed a four-year, $92 million extension after the team opened up cap space by trading Parsons to the Green Bay Packers for defensive tackle Kenny Clark and two first round draft picks.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Familiar features will include the Magic Edge cantilevered dining pods – Edge Series ships feature the iconic Magic Carpet, a multi-use space that seems to float over open water – and Infinite Verandas.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Here's more on what needs to happen in Lansing, and what teachers are doing in the interim.
    Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King has presented the most responsible budget possible under current conditions, especially considering the strong influence of the Chicago Teachers Union and a mayor committed to prioritizing union interests over all other considerations.
    Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 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 7 Sep. 2025.

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