WINDOW Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

window

noun

Definition of window

as in time lag

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Recent Examples of window Historical anecdotes are everywhere and combined with recent experience navigating that system gave me a window. — Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026 The cow-cat, sitting in the window, gives me a look, like, Leo, really? — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026 The final scene was shot on Marina Beach at the end of a rough day, in a window of just a few hours. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Through a pair of large wood doors is the bedroom, with another oversize window and more than enough space for a king-size bed, your very own reading nook, and two walk-in closets. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for window

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Noun

Nelson Villoria, an agricultural economist at Kansas State University, said there can be a time lag between an El Niño and its effects on food prices.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
This medical inertia partly reflects the time lag involved in disseminating findings.

— Paula Span, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of time lag

Noun

The console lets users play N64 games with their original cartridges and controllers, using FPGA hardware instead of emulation software—the standard for retro machines—so there’s no lag during play.

— Jessica Sager, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
In theory, an increase to the benchmark interest rate should slash inflation by slowing the economy and eating away at demand, though the policy typically yields results after a lag time lasting several months.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of lag

Noun

Trump told Congress that the pause was in the national interest but gave no further details.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Decades later, the character helped Harris navigate a daunting first feature — including a two-week production pause to overhaul a story that was not yet working.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pause

Noun

Their role becomes clear at 21-, 36- and 52-Across, where the clues solve to partial entries, which can be completed only by using the entry spaces of those dash clues.

— Sam Corbin, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
With interiors by AvroKO, this ten-room property features both garden-view and riverside rooms, cozy fireplaces, a two-bedroom suite with its own Miele kitchen, and communal spaces including library, parlor, and coffee bar.

— Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of space

Noun

At irregular intervals, 27 leap seconds have been added to global clocks since 1972 – the last in 2016.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
Doctors typically suggest about three weeks to recover without any flying, giving Leo just the interval needed before the trip.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of interval

Noun

The hotel is also working with union The Hotel & Gaming Trades Council to place the Plaza’s 378 staffers into new jobs for the interim of the restoration.

— Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
Its retrospective past tense of course could not have encompassed these very latest aesthetic and cultural features of late America, and in that interim the very past this timely book studies has already become a more foreign country.

— Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of interim

Noun

After disc removal, the resulting interspace requires robust reconstruction to restore height, alignment, and stability.

— Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026
Many of the bacteria at least partially survived, which helps to test one of the parameters for the theory of panspermia—that life on Earth originated somewhere else and was brought here on an asteroid or other interspace body.

— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Sep. 2020