laggard
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Beyond Amazon’s satellite ambitions, newfound confidence in the company’s artificial-intelligence initiatives have also lifted shares in recent days as the stock appears to be shaking off its AI laggard label.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
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
While the company is making inroads in other fields like oncology, Gilead’s cell therapy portfolio is a notable laggard.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 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
He was less often a laggard, less often beaten, more often a snitch.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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