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backlog

[bak-lawg, -log] / ˈbækˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /


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Law firms say some tribunals are now being listed for 2030 and the backlog is expected to grow with the Employment Rights Act.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Brian Schwartz and Idan Gutkind at Oppenheimer said that while the company’s cloud backlog continues to show growth, guidance risk is also increasing, as SAP currently assumes de-escalation in Iran.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Not only could this backlog create problems in terms of access to justice, but according to Kirby, rising numbers of tribunals could have another troubling effect.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Lockheed said its backlog is at a record $230 billion, and it continues “to innovate at the speed our customers’ missions demand.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

I checked my e-mail, reading the backlog of letters from my mother, getting snippier as they progressed to the present.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

Additionally, customer inventory levels declined, remaining lower than historical norms, while steel backlogs and lead times increased, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

According to BCA Research, hyperscaler cloud backlogs — orders received but not yet fulfilled — have grown by roughly $750 billion over just the past two quarters.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Order backlogs for some electrical equipment extend for more than two years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The Ministry of Justice said the government inherited "a failing tagging system with record backlogs".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

When it was blazing freely he piled upon it, and in front of the green backlogs, several of the logs of dry wood.

From Troop One of the Labrador by Wallace, Dillon

The U.S. needs to build more power plants, poles and wires to meet rising electricity demand, but projects and supply chains are backlogged in every direction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

This is not normal; immigration court is deeply backlogged and most cases of asylum—one of the most complex forms of U.S. immigration—were being assigned well into 2029 and 2030.

From Slate Mar. 27, 2026

Pending approval by the House and signing by President Donald Trump, a reopened government would pave the way for a flood of backlogged economic data and the resumption of normal airline operations, among other functions.

From MarketWatch Nov. 11, 2025

The government said it changed the rules to "enhance" the link between Italy and the citizen abroad, avoid 'abuse' and 'commercialisation' of passports, and free up resources to clear backlogged applications.

From BBC May 21, 2025

If everyone who came before the court for a competency hearing brought out a bunch of irrelevant witnesses and made long speeches, the court calendar would be backlogged for decades.

From Eastern Standard Tribe by Doctorow, Cory

Interviews documented in the police report suggest that a key cause of the backlogging at the lab is a 2009 US Supreme Court decision known as Melendez-Diaz v.

From Nature Oct. 10, 2012

But in two fair-sized cities, Portland, Ore., and New Orleans, district attorneys claim that they have been able to get stiffer sentences without backlogging the court docket by cutting down on plea bargaining.

From Time Magazine Archive




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