lag
Example Sentences
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What the business press didn’t report was the timing of another issue much tighter than the three-year lag after the move.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
The think tank produces another version that excludes housing and other categories whose prices lag market conditions or aren’t directly measured.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Meanwhile, U.S. stocks are so overvalued that they may very well lag inflation over the next decade.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Or a software mean reversion can take the ETF higher, while chips lag, and vice versa.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
There was the usual lag time while he thought.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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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