lag
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The ONS also said there was a lag between deaths occurring and being registered.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
But each increase nudges customers toward its $8.99-a-month ad plan, which earns less per member as long as ad sales lag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
“International allocation might lag as U.S. equities outperform, particularly when it is a tech-driven rally,” he said during an interview with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
China's first fully AI-generated feature film opens in cinemas on Friday in what promises to be a tough box-office test for the country's booming tech industry as advance ticket sales lag.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
But when something drastic happens, there’s a lag time.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Instead, their motion lagged behind it by approximately 500 attoseconds.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Similarly, shares of mining and construction machinery maker Caterpillar fell 9.3% to $647.39 after its third-quarter sales lagged Wall Street expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Those prime-time matchups featuring the Trojans, though, have lagged a bit behind other top teams from the Big Ten and SEC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Caterpillar shares fell 9.3% after its third-quarter sales lagged Wall Street expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
He did not elaborate, and the conversation lagged since I knew nothing about Nyack, New York.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
Recently, as jitters have spread about the future payoffs from artificial intelligence, such titans as Nvidia have faltered—and some uncapped tech-sector funds are lagging behind the traditional variety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
They’re calculated from historical closing prices, which makes them lagging indicators.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
But when it comes to actual capacity, the US is ahead by a much larger margin, with China in second place and Europe lagging far behind.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
During Huang's European tour, Nvidia pledged nearly $10 billion in investments in the continent's tech sector and urged Europe, which is lagging behind in the AI race, to move faster.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Fischer and Tal had both lost in the first and second rounds, and Bobby was soon lagging in fourth place.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing lag
A Long Walk to Water
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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