lag
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Software and cybersecurity stocks lag, with Zscaler slumping on disappointing sales guidance amid AI concerns.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
That would feed higher prices for core goods, with a lag of four to eight weeks before it would show in consumer-price-index data.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
In contrast, US energy companies ExxonMobil and Chevron saw their profits decline, results affected by an unfavourable time lag between the sale and delivery of products within the derivatives markets.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Teskey also highlighted a recovery in certain segments of the real-estate market, such as hospitality, logistics and residential property, while office and retail continue to lag.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Soon one horse began to lag behind the others.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing lag
A Long Walk to Water
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"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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