backlog

Example Sentences

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The pilot apologized for the disruption and a delay caused by a backlog of departing flights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

As the backlog of liquidity demand continues to build this year, redemptions will pose a significant headwind, the firm wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The 50 new customers will join 650 existing “astronauts,” as Virgin Galactic calls them, in the company’s backlog.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

“When the stockpile is stressed, as it was after Ukraine and then now with Iran, any surge in need leads to a backlog as they try to replenish,” McGinn said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Once I set up the solar panels, I fired up the oxygenator and let it work through the backlog of C02 that the regulator had stored up.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir