Kirstjen Nielsen

Asylum is for people fleeing persecution, not those searching for a better job. Yet our broken system - with its debilitating court rulings, a crushing backlog, and gaping loopholes - allows illegal migrants to get into our country anyway and for whatever reason they want. This gaming of the system is unacceptable.

American Public Servant

Greg Berlanti

Especially with DVRs nowadays, people have their roster. More and more, it's not just, 'I'll watch what's on at 9 P.M.' They have their backlog of the shows they always watch, that they record every week, and it's a matter of, how do you get into that list?

American Writer

Mike Braun

I'm offering solutions to address rising healthcare prices by adding transparency to our drug pricing, clearing the backlog on pending drug applications at the FDA, and providing oversight and accountability within the healthcare industry.

American Politician

Jeremy Corbyn

After only two or three weeks in office, we discovered we had a backlog of 100,000 emails sent to me. We had a backlog of a thousand invitations to speak at places all over the country - and all over the world, for that matter.

British Politician

Macaulay Culkin

I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.

American Actor

Nick Cave

One of my big fears is drying up, and the more I create, the more I feel myself shrinking beneath the backlog of work I've done.

Australian Musician

Ron White

There's no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don't exist.

American Comedian

Erik Larson

I envy other writers who claim to have a backlog of books they'd like to write.

American Author

Duncan Sheik

Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog.

American Musician

Benh Zeitlin

I always have a backlog of like seven movies that I want to make.

American Director

Backlog often suggests tasks are delayed and urgent action is needed to catch up.

Urgency Implied

When mentioning a backlog, it can imply stress for the person or team responsible.

Stress and Pressure

Backlog usually has a negative connotation, indicating a problem or inefficiency.

Negative Connotation

The other meaning of backlog is literal and specifically refers to a large log in a fireplace.

Fireplace Item

Using 'backlog' to mean a log in a fireplace is rare and old-fashioned, primarily found in historical context.

Old-fashioned Usage

Authors might use 'backlog' in a fireplace setting to create a cozy or historical atmosphere.

Literary Imagery

 Now the good news is, there's plenty of drugs that are waiting to be tested. We've been told that there's a backlog of about 20 years of drugs that are waiting to be tested but can't be funded. In fact, that early stage of the funding process, that Phase I and preclinical stuff,

Roger Stein: A bold new...

 all the latest technologies and extrusion machines, and bringing all the components into play, but the assembly is where they're actually bringing in -- the country workers are very willing to work. They want to work. There's a massive backlog of people wanting their jobs.

Edward Burtynsky:...

 and have proper food and health care. And if we're able to find a sponsor or family member, let's get them into that custody, while they're waiting for their immigration court case. That's the other issue here. When you have a backlog of cases --

A wall won't solve...

 and profit-maximizing capitalists. And it's funny -- it feels a bit like this now for oil. We've been spending the last few decades accumulating a very powerful backlog of technologies for saving and substituting for oil,

Amory Lovins: We must...

 we have now provided teaching and learning materials, safe spaces for girls, and started implementing school feeding programs across the entire country. We have even paid backlogs of salaries for teachers.

A vision for the future...

 brothers get to work on the backlog of other clients bones first they clean the bones of dirt and flesh and reassemble the skeleton every phase of bone cleaning has a reason and meaning rooted in tradition

Second Burial PIPE National...

 A court ordered the US government to process these backlog applications in a timely fashion, treating our clients' cases with the urgency that the situation warranted. Now, as you all well know,

A Safe Pathway to...

 about what I'm doing next. And I put on a slide where TED 1 happened in my life. And it's rather important because I had done 15 years of research before it, so I had a backlog, so it was easy.

A 30-year history of the...

 We've been blessed to have the knowledge before us and be able to practically apply it. Not all families with special needs children are as fortunate as we are. We still have backlog stories,

Billy Samuel Mwape: An...

 40 states have backlogs and untested kits a handful of states including Massachusetts don't notify the survivor when they permanently dispose of a kit no state has comprehensive civil rights