lagging

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Lagging behind were horizontal software, with 33 loans falling an average of 8.8 cents, and software-engineering software, with six loans falling an average of 16.3 cents on the dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Lagging wage growth could weigh on job mobility.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

Lagging behind was the death rate for diabetes, which was 15.5, and flu and pneumonia, which was 7.1.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022

Lagging its peers for many months, the ECB will also start raising rates this month, initially by 25 basis points, but Friday's data strengthens the case for a bigger, 50 basis point move in September.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2022

Lagging dues it was, as Bill Rann had anticipated.

From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur