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There is a significant backlog of these upgrade requests, and the pandemic will add to it, further delaying access to health care and other benefits.
Eight reasons COVID-19 has hit veterans particularly hard|By Jamie Rowen/The Conversation|November 11, 2020|Popular-Science
This caused a backlog that resulted in some voters getting their ballot days before the election and some not receiving them at all.
Voter Suppression: An Ongoing Battle in 2020|Truthbetold|November 4, 2020|TruthBeTold.news
Steinecker, who was appointed to lead the California Department of Public Health in 2018, said progress against a complaint backlog stalled this spring when the agency shifted to infection control and personal protective equipment.
Sacramento Report: Enforcement Questions Loom Over Schools, Nursing Homes|Kara Grant and Jared Whitlock|October 30, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Someone told her it was backlog in the system and would be sorted out.
The trend that helps explain why the economy is still in trouble — and the recovery is uneven|Heather Long, Andrew Van Dam|October 29, 2020|Washington Post

The longer the pandemic drags on, the larger the backlog of young people, according to Economic Policy Institute senior economist Elise Gould.
Are America’s twenty-somethings doomed to become a lost generation?|Bernhard Warner|October 24, 2020|Fortune
Over 1,000 Iraqis were backlogged – waiting for months or even years, stuck in various stages of the process.
Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can’t Get U.S. Visas|Christine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After 9/11, applications surged and backlogged processing for at times up to a year.
How Did He Get Clearance?|Miranda Green|June 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All those backlogged projects are coming onto the market at once.
DC Rents Are Falling. Are House Prices Next?|Megan McArdle|January 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Federal courthouses are backlogged and stuffed to the gills as it is.
The Biggest Lie of All|Michael Tomasky|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, the total number of backlogged cases actually grew.
Supreme Court Immigration Ruling in Arizona v. U.S. Got It Backward|Robert M. Morgenthau|July 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for backlog

backlog

/ (ˈbækˌlɒɡ) /

noun

an accumulation of uncompleted work, unsold stock, etc, to be dealt with

mainly US and Canadian a large log at the back of a fireplace

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