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Recent Examples of time lag
Adding to the Fed’s difficulty is uncertainty about the time lags in monetary policy.
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Bill Conerly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
That is precisely the feeling Headland wanted audiences to have with the ending of her own series, a feeling that does compound in power over the time lag of a weekly release.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 July 2024
Most of the indicators used to gauge the health of the service industry are released with considerable time lags.
—Edoardo Campanella, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2016
In other words, the Reagan-era tax cuts and deregulation did not spur productivity growth, even allowing for a time lag.
—Edward Conard, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
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Bill Conerly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
That is precisely the feeling Headland wanted audiences to have with the ending of her own series, a feeling that does compound in power over the time lag of a weekly release.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 July 2024
Most of the indicators used to gauge the health of the service industry are released with considerable time lags.
—Edoardo Campanella, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2016
In other words, the Reagan-era tax cuts and deregulation did not spur productivity growth, even allowing for a time lag.
—Edward Conard, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time lag
Noun
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His initial return timeline of December-January is now all but out the window.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2025
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By this stage, others on the plane had become concerned and the pilot stopped the plane, left the cockpit and walked down the aisle to look out the window.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Producers can't just start producing eggs again if there's quite a bit of a lag.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Overall, however, prices in the economy tend to move very much with a lag.—
Kelly Evans,Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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The only difference between that ominous sentence and the one that originally appeared in the paper on Oct. 18, 1924, is the comma that now separates the two halves.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
22 Nov. 2024
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In response to Melissa McCarthy posting a photo of herself and her husband on Instagram, Streisand asked the question on everyone’s mind, without even using a comma to separate the independent clause.—
Anne Victoria Clark,
Vulture,
24 Dec. 2024
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But the current study, to the authors’ knowledge, is the first to use mortality data to employ the life-table method: a statistical technique for analyzing death rates and the probabilities of survival or death at different age intervals.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Place lard in a small microwave-safe bowl and heat in 30-second intervals, stirring after each until lard is melted. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and use a wooden spoon to stir in the flour mixture and melted lard, alternating and mixing well between each addition.—
Kelly Brant,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Department of State announced this pause on Sunday.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Democrats have raged over the order, with James announcing a plan to halt the pause, which is slated to be enacted by 5 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday.—
Jack Birle,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Jan. 2025
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Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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Take up space, speak more highly of yourself, and share your ideas with confidence!—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Feb. 2025
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McDaniels was canned in his second season as the Broncos boss, but Thewes remained, becoming a trusted, stabilizing force for eight more coaches (counting interims) and three general managers.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2025
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Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, is seen in multiple views in the approximately 10-15 minute interim between his two hearings at Blair County Court in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 19, 2024 in a courtroom sketch.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
19 Dec. 2024
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The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2024
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These songs mess with interspace.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2021
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“Time lag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20lag. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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