laggard

Example Sentences

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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

It’s an unexpected reversal of fortunes for the iPhone maker, whose stock has otherwise underperformed over the past year due to its reputation for being an artificial-intelligence laggard.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 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

Amazon developed a reputation as an artificial-intelligence laggard due to what investors perceived as lackluster growth in its cloud-computing business.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

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