lagging

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Appeared in the January 8, 2026, print edition as 'DuPont Restructuring Yields Lagging Returns'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Lagging wage growth could weigh on job mobility.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

Lagging in the polls in July, he was denied a spot on the debate stage with Trump and President Biden.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024

Lagging its peers for many months, the ECB will also start raising rates this month, initially by 25 basis points, but Friday's data strengthens the case for a bigger, 50 basis point move in September.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2022

Lagging he moved, and apt to swerve; Lazy of limb, but quick of nerve.

From Poems by Rossetti, Christina Georgina