lackluster

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The shrinkage follows lackluster economic performance in 2025, which plummeted the company’s shares by 25% in February.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Concerns over elevated AI spending and arguably lackluster cloud growth have helped drag the stock 11% lower over the course of 2026.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Japan's Nintendo has enjoyed bumper sales for its latest Switch 2 console, but some have called the line-up of new games for the device lackluster.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Seeking to unite animals against a highway development, a young woman ‘hops’ her consciousness into a robotic creature in the animation studio’s lackluster environmentalist tale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

A sprinkler was going on Jim Hirsshom’s lawn; Bernabe accorded the office a lackluster birdie as he glided slowly by, pinned down now in the tourist traffic, all but immersed in adobe dust.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols