slippage

"We felt like there was a little bit of slippage going on."

But a small amount of slippage is also normal at first.

Slippage is possible - make that, likely - between now and then.

Something like that did occur and a small slippage started.

The Alliance got 22.7 percent, a slippage of almost three points.

This kind of slippage cannot be blamed on the companies alone.

Another reason for the funds' slippage is their focus on smaller companies.

Up to 40 percent of cases involve slippage on both sides.

But last year, the first signs of slippage were detected.

Others say the slippage may result more from losing sight of the issue.

"The agency has the staff and the resources, but the performance data is showing some slippage."

The first band may start on time, but there's considerable slippage through the night.

"It's game slippage, not doing the things you do in practice for one reason or another.

But there may well be a further reason for slippage in the Bush campaign, if it is occurring.

The slippage factor involved, if memory served, was only a matter of a month or so.

The slippage in the confidence numbers was not a total surprise.

Yet, they also see some signs of renewed slippage in the months ahead.

Adding personnel late in a project can actually cause further slippage.

A fault; a place of slippage, following the river bottom.

What we need is the slippage height h. Let us put some number in.

But the slippage also may reflect doubts that the deal can be done.

Chance of frame slippage or problem in advancing film: great.

This will minimize slippage when the pieces are pushed together.

But they strongly suggested that the slippage seemed to be temporary.

And then there was a dramatic slippage in the last two games."