time lag

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Small differences could result from shipping costs and taxes being declared differently, a time-lag between a cargo leaving and arriving, or simply mistakes.

From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2019

And there is a time-lag in the survey, so the figures are older than police figures.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2017

Even “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” on Netflix has a time-lag fantasy.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2015

The Times declared 2012 “the year of the MOOC,” but there was considerable time-lag.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2013

The time-lag was roughly three seconds for a distance of 203.7 light-years.

From Operation: Outer Space by Leinster, Murray