laggard
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JPMorgan in 2005 was a laggard compared with its peers; today, it is the most profitable of all the big banks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
He’s not ready to outright recommend the stock, but he no longer thinks it will be an laggard.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The company, long seen as an AI laggard, launched its personal AI agent Muse earlier this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The entire Chinese internet sector is gaining, likely due to portfolio rebalancing from the outperforming AI hardware sectors into laggard segments, said Jialong Shi at Nomura.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Earl Percy and his laggard brigade were gone.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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