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trailing

ADJECTIVE
following
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ADJECTIVE
lagging behind
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These ratios are calculated by dividing a stock market’s level by component companies’ trailing 10 years’ inflation-adjusted earnings.

From MarketWatch

Alibaba and other Chinese names fell in Monday trading, trailing U.S. stocks even as the wider market exhibited a lackluster performance to start the final week of the year.

From Barron's

Drones are often the first responders to a crime scene in local jurisdictions around the country, trailing a suspect from the sky until officers arrive.

From The Wall Street Journal

A lone shepherd respectfully doffs his hat as he finds himself in the presence of an angel trailing a long message: “I bring you tidings of great joy . . . ”

From The Wall Street Journal

Beijing is now the world’s fourth-largest arms exporter, trailing only the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal