time lag

noun

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Recent Examples of time lag From a tactical perspective, the time lag between exposure and symptoms has limited the utility of biological weapons on a battlefield. — Kate Charlet, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018 These days, there is little to no time lag between making environmental commitments, doing the work to deliver on them and reporting on your progress. — Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 Estimation of the time lags from historical data is confounded by structural changes in the economy. — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 Adding to the Fed’s difficulty is uncertainty about the time lags in monetary policy. — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for time lag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time lag
  1. window
  2. lag
  3. comma
  4. interval
  5. pause
  6. space
  7. interim
  8. interspace
Noun
  • McDonald’s performance opens a window onto the grandmothers and great-grandmothers whose lives were even more tragically curtailed.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Photo : Italy Sotheby’s International Realty The rooms have large windows with leafy garden views.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of window
Noun
  • Nevertheless, healthcare lags behind other sectors in the implementation of digital strategies, according to Dr Rainer Sibbel, professor of international health management at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
    — Sally Percy, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The shot of the match That lag putt will be the shot heard ‘round the first season of TGL.
    — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of lag
Noun
  • To read more about the world’s richest individuals, check out a roundup of newbies to the three comma club here, an accounting of the world’s richest celebrities here, the full package here.
    — Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • In a series of three or more terms, add a comma after each term except the last.
    — Eli Grober, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of comma
Noun
  • The closure had prompted bigger queues — at one stage 100 people that had left the game during the interval were waiting and some gave up and got taxis home.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Not only was that the natural way to tell the story from his perspective as a narrator, aware of the tragic events, but that was also a way to grab the audience’s attention, hence his decision as well to insert reminders of the tragedy through the voice over at various intervals.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of interval
Noun
  • The president announced a 90-day pause for several countries but increased tariffs on Chinese goods to 125%.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman joined a growing list of President Donald Trump's billionaire backers calling for the White House to slam the brakes on tariffs just hours before Trump authorized a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for most countries that went into effect Wednesday morning.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of pause
Noun
  • Families will also witness how Peppa and George make space for their little sibling.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Colliers listed it as an investment property, with a net operating income of nearly $234,000 and over 16,000 square feet of rentable space.
    — Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of space
Noun
  • With The Melancholy Season out Friday (March 7), the keyboardist says that a heavy work load with both Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch kept him busy during the interim (both groups toured and released what turned out to be their final albums in the period).
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In the eight year interim since Rocca was ousted Taormina has seen several upheavals and struggled to find its footing amid a succession of different artistic directors, including former Venice chief Marco Mueller who was hired to take the reins late in the game last year.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
Definition of interim
Noun
  • The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • These songs mess with interspace.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2021
Definition of interspace

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