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trailing

adjective as in following

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adjective as in lagging behind

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One may be the exclusion of the most recent trailing month when defining momentum.

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He also appeared to be trailing Parker before stopping the New Zealander in the 11th.

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The market’s smallest stocks have lagged behind the cap-weighted S&P 500 over the trailing one-, three-, five-, 10— and 15-year periods.

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It was a lovely, sunny place, with trailing green plants in the windows.

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Theseus found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a thread behind him; to Penelope this seemed a waste of good embroidery floss.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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