lag behind
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According to the OECD, Britain's low adoption of robotics is "surprising" given its manufacturing heritage, noting that while UK firms have embraced mature digital technologies, they lag behind in robotics and automation.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“These databases will always lag behind innovation and can be easily circumvented and generate false positives that block legal designs and wrongly flag everyday makers,” she said at a Senate hearing this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
All of these efforts aim to make up for a persistent lag behind Google, OpenAI and Anthropic, which dominate the race for cutting-edge AI models.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Nvidia is joined near the top of the ranking by other big chip makers, like Advanced Micro Devices—but some also lag behind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Mackenzie drags my parents onto an entertainment pier—roller coasters, bumper cars—and although I try to go with them, I lag behind and can’t catch up.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
