lagging
Example Sentences
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An Emerson College poll on Thursday found Talarico slightly lagging among Black voters compared to Texas Democrats’ nominee for governor.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Last week, fresh official data showed wage growth coming in at 3.2 percent year-on-year, lagging inflation and meaning that most people were seeing their income shrink in real terms.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Meta is currently lagging behind in the AI race and trying to catch up to Anthropic and OpenAI, which have the most advanced AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
But Jamner of ClearBridge said the fact that revenue growth is lagging behind capex is not a surprise.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
“You’re lagging behind, everybody else has started, and Neville’s already got his first pod!”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
