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a large number of jobs or items that are waiting to be finished or processed
We have a huge backlog of orders yet to be filled.
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Recent Examples of backlog
That includes the hiring of more immigration judges to address the growing case backlog, which was at nearly 4 million cases as of April, the latest data available.
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 July 2025
Wes Schroll Founder and CEO, Fetch Through that weekend, [the backlog of receipts] was just building, building, building.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 3 July 2025
Over time, this leaves a growing share of the backlog made up of people who do have lawyers.
—Renata Daou, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
This ensures debt reduction is ongoing without disrupting feature delivery, balances priorities in the backlog, and prevents long-term buildup.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 July 2025
Wes Schroll Founder and CEO, Fetch Through that weekend, [the backlog of receipts] was just building, building, building.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 3 July 2025
Over time, this leaves a growing share of the backlog made up of people who do have lawyers.
—Renata Daou, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
This ensures debt reduction is ongoing without disrupting feature delivery, balances priorities in the backlog, and prevents long-term buildup.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backlog
Noun
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Across Europe and the U.S., customers snapped up deals, even as some complained about limited inventory and underwhelming discounts.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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But eventually that pre-tariff inventory will run out, raising the risk that price hikes are still on the way.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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This will include school supplies and household essentials from Amazon Basics (starting at $3) and summer fashion from Amazon Essentials (starting at $12).—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
6 July 2025
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Energy operators had to cut off electricity to customers — because supply couldn’t meet the growing energy demand — for 21 hours as a measure to prevent larger-scale blackouts.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Bluey, Baby Reindeer, BritBox and BBC News – Tom Fussell and his team have a collection of popular and venerable brands to work with.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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India box office: Maalik Rao’s Maalik made an opening collection of $600,000 worldwide on Friday.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Clean up piles of footwear scattered across the floor and stay organized with a shoe storage cabinet.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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The Wall Street Journal wrote about how the robots are getting flipped over, stuck in snow piles and some students have been found to sit on them, or trip over them, when drinking.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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But without a catalyst such as activist interest, M&A potential, or insider accumulation, the market has little reason to reprice the risk.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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The Lions will need to find a way to cope with the absence of goalkeeper Pedro Gallese and captain Robin Jansson after both received yellow cards against Charlotte and are suspended due to yellow-card accumulation.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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The Viking Age lasted from roughly 800 A.D. to 1050 A.D., meaning that the hoard dates back to the later part of the era.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2025
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More than 1,000 years ago, below the statue of the reclining Buddha in an ancient temple, someone stashed their hoard.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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Neither has a badge with quite the cache of Volvo, though.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, said on Wednesday that the Federal Security Service discovered a Ukrainian cache of explosive devices in the east of the country containing chloropicrin.—
Anthony Deutsch,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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Doubts were recently raised about Trump’s commitment to supply Ukraine when the Pentagon paused shipments over concerns that U.S. stockpiles were running low.—
ILLIA NOVIKOV,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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By 2023 missile stockpiles declined again and Russia began using cheaper drones rather than costly missiles.—
Natasha Lindstaedt,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Backlog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backlog. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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