laggard
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As Apple’s Siri delay drags on, its “Magnificent Seven” peers are embarking on a massive AI spending spree to build out data centers, leading some investors to perceive Apple as an AI laggard.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Microsoft’s stock has been a major laggard in recent months, and now a board member just bought the dip.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
The stock has been a significant tech-sector laggard over the past year and now is on track to further its underperformance.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026
Bricks-and-mortar retail, long viewed as a laggard in China’s tech story, is also becoming an AI beneficiary.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
By the late innings of the game the rest of the room—a few laggard coals glowed orange beneath the fireplace grate—lay sleeping in soft, quiescent shadows.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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