lag
Example Sentences
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Over the years, Latino representation continued to lag, he said.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
There’s a similar situation with mutual funds, which can be contrarian indicators and tend to lag market turning points, and they have been overweight Russell 2000 versus the S&P 500 since February.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Official data has a seven-week lag and would not have come through in time for the Senedd election on 7 May.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
The utilities in Hawaii and Alaska, for instance, buy fuel regularly to operate their power plants—but there is a lag before those higher costs get passed through to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Those factors seem to me to account for the Americas’ technological lag behind Eurasia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing lag
A Long Walk to Water
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"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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