lagging

Example Sentences

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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

Domestic pressure has been building on the prime minister to reach a deal, with the Conservative opposition citing Canada's lagging economic growth and high youth unemployment rate.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 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

I was kind of lagging behind on the sixth graders because they weren’t in the C Average yearbook.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman