time lag

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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

“There is a time lag in which refiners will struggle for input in one to two months, which puts an immediate premium to refined products now,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Rusi's researcher was told that could simply be a time lag because "novel theft methods" sometimes take up to 10 years to spread throughout the UK.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

But the director ignores the time lag in Hollywood between inspiration and execution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

For all that, the pair did succeed in measuring the time lag of the photoelectric effect at about two billionths of a second.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik