as in inventory
a large number of jobs or items that are waiting to be finished or processed
We have a huge backlog of orders yet to be filled.
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Recent Examples of backlog
Many shipments are now being canceled before being loaded on ships, creating a backlog, Verloop said.
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Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
The streetlight repair backlog grew by 153 in February as crews fixed 342 streetlights while 495 new service requests came in.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Last month, the company was already in talks to sell weapons worth 80 billion euros, adding to a backlog of orders that is expected to top 135 billion euros by the end of 2026.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Desai referred to the City Council’s 2017 ‘Vision Zero’ plan to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2027, and asked how the Department of Public Works plans to improve roads with a backlog of at least $5 billion in road maintenance.
—Kat Tran, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
The streetlight repair backlog grew by 153 in February as crews fixed 342 streetlights while 495 new service requests came in.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Last month, the company was already in talks to sell weapons worth 80 billion euros, adding to a backlog of orders that is expected to top 135 billion euros by the end of 2026.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Desai referred to the City Council’s 2017 ‘Vision Zero’ plan to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2027, and asked how the Department of Public Works plans to improve roads with a backlog of at least $5 billion in road maintenance.
—Kat Tran, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backlog
Noun
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Ramirez’s spokesperson said the commissioner’s office is working with the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office to determine why the county accepted the road into its inventory all those years ago.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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As new Texas restrictions on smokable THC products take effect March 31, some North Texas retailers say the changes could eliminate a large share of their inventory and increase operating costs.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has constrained oil supplies, driving up transportation costs for a range of industries.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Gas prices have surged past $4 per gallon for the first time in more than three years on Tuesday, according to data from GasBuddy, as the war in Iran continues to disrupt global oil supplies.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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The museum’s director, Pierre-Olivier Costa, met me in the entry hall and led me through the galleries housing Mucem’s permanent exhibition of items from its collection of folk arts and popular traditions.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Agencies would have to revisit investigative protocols, evidence collection procedures and interagency coordination, among other things, the governor said.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2026
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Mendoza will mark the best moment of his life by hugging NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and throwing on the New Era 2026 NFL Draft On Stage Pre-Curved 9FIFTY Snapback Hat in Black and Silver, with a pile of skulls printed on the inside, as seen here.—
Megan Armstrong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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San Jose didn’t follow through on the threats to take ownership of the property, but the city did use the receiver to coax the owner to bulldoze the property and remove piles of fire-scarred debris from the empty lots.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Adept at separating the unseen from the seen, Lemann here chronicles his family’s accumulation of wealth, whatever the moral costs or compromises, and their subsequent acculturation and partial deracination.—
Brenda Wineapple,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The fan guards inside the walk-in cooler had an accumulation of dust.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
April 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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According to Tillich, instrument requests come in hoards, matching the enormous student population the school serves.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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That has given businesses and consumers a window to front load and hoard, boosting spending.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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The selloff was triggered by Fortune's discovery of a draft blog post revealing the model’s existence in an unsecured data cache.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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But there is a certain cache to Delta's Atlanta-Washington flights.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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In that previous agreement, Iran had agreed to relinquish 97% of its nuclear stockpile and 70% of its centrifuges -- the machines used to enrich uranium.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Wall Street Journal recently reported that many companies raised prices in 2025 due to Trump’s chaotic tariffs and would continue doing so in 2026 as stockpiles expired.—
Angela Alsobrooks,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Backlog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backlog. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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