as in final
following all others of the same kind in order or time
we're now in the lag end of the project
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1
as in to fade
to lose bodily strength or vigor
during the fourth quarter the whole team seemed to lag
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as in to delay
to move or act slowly
the tired puppy was lagging behind the rest of the pack
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as in slowdown
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Recent Examples of lag
David Beard, Car and Driver, 20 June 2022
And some more good news for lovers of the distinctive fusillade produced by the original Impreza rally cars: this one keeps anti-lag, injecting fuel into the turbocharger to keep it spinning off-throttle.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 21 June 2022
Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
Productivity was lagging even before Brexit, but the rupture with Europe compounded the problem by sowing uncertainty, which chilled private investment.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
First, there’s a lag between wholesale and retail prices – retail prices often take weeks to adjust because stores sell inventory purchased at higher wholesale costs.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
With Baja mode activated, the twin-turbo V-6 engages the turbochargers' anti-lag function, and there's negligible delay in the power delivery during the quick on/off throttle sequences common to desert running.
—David Beard, Car and Driver, 20 June 2022
And some more good news for lovers of the distinctive fusillade produced by the original Impreza rally cars: this one keeps anti-lag, injecting fuel into the turbocharger to keep it spinning off-throttle.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 21 June 2022
Verb
Park attendance lagged over the next several years, largely due to competition from other entertainment venues and more Kansas Citians traveling by automobile to vacation destinations.
—Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
Productivity was lagging even before Brexit, but the rupture with Europe compounded the problem by sowing uncertainty, which chilled private investment.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
Phenom said the goal of these insights is to reduce the lag in collection and communication of feedback informing HR and overall business strategy.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
First, there’s a lag between wholesale and retail prices – retail prices often take weeks to adjust because stores sell inventory purchased at higher wholesale costs.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lag
Adjective
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Today’s sentence is the culmination of justice, but this is not the final chapter of Kyhara’s life story.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Yorktown's final resting place wasn't discovered until a 1998 expedition found it about 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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First, there was a drip-drip-drip of crisis: as costs everywhere rose, city, state, and federal monies faded away once COVID-era bailout efforts came to an end.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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But when a new Supreme rises, the old one fades away.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
23 Apr. 2025
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There's also great uncertainty as Trump seeks negotiations with China and begins talks with other counties whose larger tariffs were delayed by 90 days.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Research suggests that females who have autism are more likely to use this strategy, which can lead to a mismatch between the internal experience and the external behavior—and may play a role in delaying diagnosis.1 4.—
Heidi Moawad, MD,
Verywell Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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Third, the slowdown in China, once luxury’s golden engine.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The ripples from the cancellations and delays have manifested out on the Pacific Ocean, first with a slowdown in export activity out of major China ports including Shanghai, Ningbo and Shenzhen and a slew of blank sailings from ocean carriers on the trans-Pacific trade lane.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The shooting happened the day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.—
Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 Feb. 2023
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The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2023
Verb
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Here, a patchy pattern of material with that same high seismic velocity sagged to a depth of nearly 600 kilometers, almost to the lower mantle.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2025
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The production sagged to .214/.239/.312 the next year, leading the Guardians to waive him after the season.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The longer the trade war drags on, the more likely Washington and Beijing will find other ways to retaliate beyond economics.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Paleontologists used to wonder if some marine reptiles did the same, awkwardly dragging themselves onto beaches to lay eggs rather than birthing their young at sea like whales do.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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After years of hesitation, the national security space community is finally boarding the commercial space train, one that many of us have been pushing for since the early 2000’s.—
Charles Beames,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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This time around, there’s no hesitation for Larsson.—
Tiana DeNicola,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Lag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lag. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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