lag behind
Example Sentences
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Average hourly earnings for all employees were up 3.0 percent year-on-year, with wages continuing to lag behind stubbornly high inflation -- meaning most workers are seeing real wage losses.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The July gauges of factory activity suggest exports will likely remain strong, while domestic demand continues to lag behind, as new export orders held up better than overall new orders, economists said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The attacking stats showed Hearts did not lag behind their Austrian hosts by any means.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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
Frieda and I lag behind, staring at the patch of color surrounded by black.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
