lag
Example Sentences
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In contrast, US energy companies ExxonMobil and Chevron saw their profits decline, results affected by an unfavourable time lag between the sale and delivery of products within the derivatives markets.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Over the years, Latino representation continued to lag, he said.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
“We’re thinking there’s going to be a one- to two-month time lag between the strait opening up and the market seeing normal flows,” Woods said.
From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026
These include a one-hour lag at the payer's end in account-to-account transactions and additional authentication by a "trusted person" for high-value digital payments by vulnerable sections of society such as elderly people.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 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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