laggard

Example Sentences

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It’d be unfair to blame Iger alone for Disney’s transition from stock leader to laggard.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

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

The stock has been a significant tech-sector laggard over the past year and now is on track to further its underperformance.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 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

Earl Percy and his laggard brigade were gone.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes