straggler
Example Sentences
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Consumer spending data was OK, excluding cars, along with straggler earnings from the likes of FedEx and General Mills, which reported reasonable numbers.
From Barron's
Consumer spending data was OK, excluding cars, along with straggler earnings from the likes of FedEx and General Mills, which reported reasonable numbers.
From Barron's
He said it was doubtful that remaining militant stragglers had the capacity to even offer training.
In fact, they immediately set themselves on the task of pleasing Carol and those like her, along with solving the riddle of their immunity, so they can absorb the stragglers into their joy amoeba.
From Salon
Equally important to economic growth are the “stragglers”: a small number of poorly performing companies that meaningfully lower a nation’s productivity.
From Barron's
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