time lag

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Recent Examples of time lag 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 Most of the indicators used to gauge the health of the service industry are released with considerable time lags. Edoardo Campanella, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2016 See all Example Sentences for time lag 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time lag
Noun
  • These include some critical parts of a building’s infrastructure: roofs, heating systems, exterior doors, walls and windows.
    Becca Savransky, ProPublica, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The lopsided win was a statement that this Eagles team -- and its punishing defense -- is just opening their championship window.
    Matt Breen The Philadelphia Inquirer, arkansasonline.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Producers can't just start producing eggs again if there's quite a bit of a lag.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Automotive experts have noted that the user interface GM offers customers lags behind CarPlay in usability and appearance.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 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
  • Hamas has now released a total of 16 Israeli hostages as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, of a total of 33 promised at staggered intervals during this stage.
    Michael Rios, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Complete 3-4 intervals, each four minutes long, with a 3-4 minute recovery in between.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Not done yet Martin Truex Jr. has put his retirement on pause for another shot at the Daytona 500.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2025
  • On Friday, a judge prevented the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, on administrative leave, after a pause on all new U.S. foreign assistance programs funded by the State Department and USAID the week prior.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The series of talks will be a collaborative space where major stakeholders of models, agencies, brands, labor rights experts and ethicists will lead the charge to refine how the act will take shape and be enforced.
    Kanika Talwar, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Saxon, for instance, is filling the same spoiled, arrogant space as Jake Lacy’s Shane from Season One.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, is seen in multiple views in the approximately 10-15 minute interim between his two hearings at Blair County Court in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 19, 2024 in a courtroom sketch.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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 18 Feb. 2025.

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