lagging

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His campaign didn’t survive, but those problems—tens of thousands of people without housing, costs crunching millions of people with housing, and lagging crisis response—are real.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

The event was also a way for Russian companies to show off their advances in technology, a sphere in which Russia is lagging behind both the U.S. and China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Shareholders expect Apple to release new artificial-intelligence features after years of lagging behind its rivals on AI.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

While a financial win for SpaceX, the Anthropic deal was also viewed as a sign that the Grok model was lagging.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

It was lagging behind and in danger of getting lost.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook