time lag

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Recent Examples of time lag These days, there is little to no time lag between making environmental commitments, doing the work to deliver on them and reporting on your progress. Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 Estimation of the time lags from historical data is confounded by structural changes in the economy. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 Adding to the Fed’s difficulty is uncertainty about the time lags in monetary policy. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 That is precisely the feeling Headland wanted audiences to have with the ending of her own series, a feeling that does compound in power over the time lag of a weekly release. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for time lag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time lag
Noun
  • Some of the migrants held in the hotel had held up handmade signs in their windows, asking for help.
    Alma Solís, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
  • So there is just as tight a window in which to put together a full career as there ever was.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Remember, interest rates impact the economy with long and variable lags.
    Robert Barone, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The record holder for the longest continuous stay in space, a Russian cosmonaut and doctor named Valery Polyakov, spent a little more than fourteen months in low Earth orbit, which is relatively protected from space radiation and communication lags.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The comma in the title of Bon Iver‘s three-track October EP Sable, was always there for a reason.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Now, my prayer is that this news will be but a comma in the HTDA story, not a period.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The average player’s schedule includes breaks of many different lengths and at different intervals.
    Ciarán McArdle, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • These tests were carried out at short and long intervals.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Take Breaks Throughout The Day Taking a pause every 50 minutes to relax, stretch, meditate or engage in something enjoyable has been a game-changer for me.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • How Trump’s trade war could hit your wallet After earlier threats and a last-minute pause in February, President Trump’s North American trade war has begun while the tariff battle with China escalated.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • One of five fireplaces throughout the home keeps the space warm, while picture windows and French windows frame the landscape.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The crafts have been observed to travel within clear spheres, and scientists now believe that space and time function differently inside those bubbles.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The statement, signed by District 147 interim Superintendents Creg Williams and Jerry Jordan, was the same as one sent Superintendent Reginald Lawrence in Harvey Elementary District 152, which includes four elementary schools as well as Brooks Middle School.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
  • McDaniels was canned in his second season as the Broncos boss, but Thewes remained, becoming a trusted, stabilizing force for eight more coaches (counting interims) and three general managers.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • These songs mess with interspace.
    Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2021

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“Time lag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20lag. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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