lag
Example Sentences
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The speed Cerebras offers can be very valuable for AI workloads that can’t afford any time lag, like certain types of coding.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
That would feed higher prices for core goods, with a lag of four to eight weeks before it would show in consumer-price-index data.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
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
There's usually a lag of a few days between the end of the competition and the presentation of the victor so that they can put the starving, wounded, mess of a person back together again.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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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