backlog
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The group disclosed its quarterly orders in January for the last time and will from now on provide its total backlog on an annual basis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
With a backlog of wind farms waiting for connections, though, a lot of these network costs are already baked in.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The backlog is expected to rise to more than 100,000 by the end of this year and it is predicted there could be 200,000 cases waiting to be heard by 2035 if nothing changes.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Fueled by artificial-intelligence demand and a $553 billion multiyear backlog, Oracle is rapidly building AI data centers in its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure unit that rents out servers over the internet.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 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
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