- present participle of trail.
trailing
Example Sentences
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The trailing two-month divergence in March 2000, the month in which that bubble burst, was greater than 40 percentage points — more than four times the current divergence.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
At first, he came across as assured that the car could work for him in town, before trailing off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
As well as Black Forest Labs, Europe has other competitive AI companies, including France's Mistral, but is still seen as trailing US firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic and Chinese labs such as DeepSeek.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Chinese open weight models are being released at a rapid pace, with benchmarks showing the country's top models trailing US rivals by only a few months.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
There was a loud splintering of shafts as the horse careered onwards, trailing in its wake reins, tracers and shattered timber.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
