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The phrase "a backlog of a" is not correct and usable in written English as it is incomplete.
It can be used when referring to an accumulation of tasks or items that need to be addressed, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "We have a backlog of tasks that need to be completed by the end of the week."
Alternatives: "a backlog of tasks" or "a backlog of items."
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The agency nearly always has a backlog of a hundred homes waiting.
There must be a backlog of a hundred thousand things waiting to be assimilated into Dubai culture.
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As a result, there is a backlog of reservations.
We have a collective memory, a backlog of common information".
And we ended up with a backlog of nearly half a million cases.
People still seek him out, and he now has a backlog of more than a thousand e-mails.
A party aide described the decision as a routine effort to clear a backlog of proposals.
Currently, there is a cap, with a backlog of two and a half years to receive a visa, according to the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research group in Washington.
School operators say the immigration service faces a backlog of up to a year in notifying them of arriving students.
There is a backlog of half-a-million applications, with decision times of up to five years for technology-related patents.
U.S. immigration courts are facing a backlog of half a million cases, with only a limited number of judges available to hear them and issue rulings.
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