lagging

Example Sentences

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s energy-hungry components have the blue-chip index lagging behind other major benchmarks, on Tuesday notching a 0.7% gain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

It’s delivered average annual returns of 9.8% over the past decade, lagging the market’s 14.5% returns, but showing far less volatility.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Despite its ambitions, Amazon is lagging well behind its own timeline.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

She argued that the UK is lagging behind other nations when it comes to offering consular services, pointing to France as an example of what can be achieved with better diplomatic pressure.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

I was thinking just the other day that my campaign's been lagging.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon