backlog

noun

Definition of backlognext
as in inventory
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 Meanwhile, the backlog of pending renewal applications has more than quadrupled over that timeframe, to over 125,000. — Data Journalist, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 One measurable improvement came in its backlog of service requests. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 That wasn’t the case in October 2021 when theatrical was coming out of Covid with a backlog of big tentpoles like Dune, No Time to Die and Halloween Kills. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 The Forest Service also has a substantial backlog of deferred road maintenance, with the agency estimating that cost at more than $9 billion. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for backlog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backlog
  1. inventory
  2. supply
  3. collection
  4. pile
  5. accumulation
  6. hoard
  7. cache
  8. stockpile
Noun
  • The Newburys want to build the Estates at 100 Oakland on about 32 acres north of Route 30, and contend the project would give South Windsor an important expansion of its housing inventory.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
  • DataFuelX, a company led by former TV-sales executives is launching DFX Marketplace, a new way for advertisers to connect to commercial inventory across multiple publishers with a single point of entry.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of inventory
Noun
  • The contract covers engineering, technical assistance, technology integration, supply-chain development, workforce training and digital transformation initiatives.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The incident halted home deliveries and disrupted some supplies to its extensive network of stores across the country.
    — JOHN LEICESTER, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of supply
Noun
  • Trine Dyrholm, Christian Slater, Dree Hemingway are set to star in Jesper Just’s Incidents of Intimacy, the second production in Zentropa’s new collection of Dogma25 pictures.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Kaeding also said the inspiration for the latest collection came from finding pieces in vintage stores and digging through bins.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of collection
Noun
  • CoreWeave’s vast debt pile has been the subject of controversy in the past.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Relocate Leaf Litter and Wood Piles Leaf litter, wood piles, and other yard debris offer shelter not only to pests but also to beneficial insects and wildlife.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pile
Noun
  • Ice accumulation poses a serious threat to aircraft because even a thin layer can disrupt airflow over the wings, reducing lift and making a plane more difficult to control.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers at Washington University found markedly different gut microbiomes in people at the earliest preclinical stages of Alzheimer’s, differences correlated with amyloid and tau accumulation before any cognitive symptoms appeared.
    — Holly Baines, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of accumulation
Noun
  • Though the hoard was discovered last year, officials only recently announced the find, calling it the largest coin hoard from the reign of Roman Emperor Hadrian ever found in Germany.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The film follows a group of adults in an isolated Pennsylvania farmhouse, as hoards of flesh-eating ghouls overrun the country and infiltrate their residence.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of hoard
Noun
  • That competitiveness, along with California’s sizable cache of electoral votes, helped boost Reagan’s political standing nationally.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The massive cache of new solutions includes full or partial results for many of the problems mathematicians have considered the most important to the field.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of cache
Noun
  • However, not all of those weapons came from American military stockpiles; some were manufactured through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative or provided by European countries.
    — James LaPorta, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But the interceptors are both expensive and in short supply globally, as other countries have burned through their stockpiles or sought to shore up their own defense systems amid the war in Iran.
    — Victoria Butenko, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of stockpile

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“Backlog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backlog. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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