lag

Someone has to lag when huge institutions make so much taking the other side of trades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

There is also a lag between reporting and updating national data.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Paramount-Warner Bros. would still lag behind Google’s YouTube, Netflix, Disney and Amazon in streaming television viewership.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

He said investors could make room for such a shift by reducing overweight positions in traditional defensive sectors, which tend to lag when the economy is still expanding and a bull market remains intact.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

I knew there would be a long lag because of the distance between Earth and Mars, but it is hard to wait.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

The U.S. and Mexico have been holding talks on bilateral trade issues, but discussions with Canada have lagged.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Until now, though, enzymatic methods have lagged far behind conventional manufacturing in the number of DNA sequences they can produce simultaneously.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

Bur he lagged behind Antonelli throughout, and although there was less than 0.1secs separating the Mercedes drivers after their first runs, the gap opened when Russell did not improve and Antonelli lopped 0.274secs off his.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Manufacturing and retail have lagged behind export-driven sectors such as energy and mining, unemployment has edged higher and real wages have recovered only gradually, leaving many Argentines still feeling squeezed despite improving headline indicators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

They had only lagged behind the others for a couple of minutes, but they took a wrong turning, and presently found themselves pulled up short by the edge of an old chalk quarry.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Microsoft’s video game division plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20% of its staff over the next year, as part of a sweeping reorganization to revive the company’s lagging games division.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

US officials have warned that many allies were "lagging behind" on their pledge to spend 5% cent of GDP on the military by 2035, the paper reports.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

In an interview with WSJ World Coverage Chief Gordon Fairclough, Rutte addressed the friction between Washington and European leaders, and how the alliance plans to confront lagging weapons production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

That partnership, and the subsequent planned acquisition, was SpaceX “effectively” conceding that its frontier model is lagging behind the pack, Granda said in a research note.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

Our meals, our actions, were only a shadow of what had already happened there, a lagging ghost of where Mr. Pirzada really belonged.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri