lagging

Example Sentences

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As they trudged on, he noticed that Renn was lagging behind.

From Literature

The brand was introduced as part of a wider push to jump-start the company’s lagging soda sales, focusing its marketing efforts on acquiring Gen Z consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal

I kept playing, doing my best to let it pour out of me, though there were plenty of wonky and lagging notes.

From Literature

After lagging the broader market in the first two months of 2026, technology stocks have regained the leadership role, with the Nasdaq outperforming the S&P 500 and the Dow over the past two weeks.

From MarketWatch

Also lagging has been the kind of hiring expected from a growing economy, exacerbated by thousands of job cuts in Silicon Valley, which firms say have been prompted by artificial intelligence investment and disruption.

From Los Angeles Times