backlog

Example Sentences

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“Even if a ceasefire materialises, restoring supply takes weeks to months-damaged facilities need repair, the cargo backlog is enormous, and Iran’s five preconditions suggest Hormuz reopening is far from guaranteed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Many shipments are now being canceled before being loaded on ships, creating a backlog, Verloop said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

The housing shortage, overcrowded prisons, high drug deaths, delayed ferry and road building projects and the backlog of cases in the NHS were among their complaints.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

It raised its revenue target for the year and says its autonomous systems business has a backlog of $68 million.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 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