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lag
verb as in move slowly; delay
Strong matches
dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, ebb, flag, hobble, idle, inch, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, retard, saunter, shuffle, slouch, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trudge
Weak matches
be behind, drag one's feet, get no place fast, hang back, inch along, lose strength, put off, slow up
Example Sentences
Look, I don't think anything illustrates the lag time, just how far behind the established news media has been in what they're dealing with than this, and it's personal.
Tom Bonier, chief executive of TargetSmart, a Democratic firm that specializes in political data, said part of the lag in Black voter turnout is because Georgia recently changed its rules, allowing registered voters to register as “other” for their race.
“There’s no doubt there’s a lag there,” Bonier said.
My personal trick to avoid jet lag is to do everything possible to stay up until a reasonable bedtime.
It feels like there has been a bit of a gap from Earps to Hampton - a kind of generational development lag, where other keepers have not challenged Earps, at least consistently.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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