backlog
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“We are confident in our backlog which more than supports all of our debt obligations,” CoreWeave said in an emailed statement shared by a spokesperson.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
One of the pilots at the Old Bailey led to the London backlog of 500 cases concerning assaults on emergency workers being cut in half over the summer.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Ending backlog increased for the first time in four years, with the number of homes in the backlog up 2% to 4,398.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
A backlog of applications from the UK for working holiday visas would continue to be processed slowly after a record 80,000 applications -- a matter that is under discussion with the UK government, he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
She also had to sort through the unit’s massive backlog of paperwork.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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The series of radical reforms, including scaling back jury trials, were presented as the best way of turning around record backlogs which, in turn, were exacerbating the prison population crisis.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The proposals triggered an outcry across many parts of the criminal justice world, with many opponents saying that eroding the 800-year-old right to trial by jury would not solve the backlogs.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
He said it is important to reduce visa backlogs and modernize the immigration system to meet the needs of our economy and support employers and legal immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The company late Wednesday said products are moving through its distribution network at or above normal levels as the Marlborough, Mass., company works to fulfill customer orders, reduce backlogs and accelerate the delivery of products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 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 Dillon Wallace
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
The company’s mints, which source silver from local refineries in North America, are backlogged with orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 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 Cory Doctorow
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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