lagging

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It has hired several senior bankers from competitors, notably JPMorgan, to win more business and boost performance after years of lagging rivals.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

His campaign didn’t survive, but those problems—tens of thousands of people without housing, costs crunching millions of people with housing, and lagging crisis response—are real.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Contact tracing is lagging as the disease spreads in areas affected by armed conflict, displacement and poverty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

While a financial win for SpaceX, the Anthropic deal was also viewed as a sign that the Grok model was lagging.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The carpenters then installed pieces of wood, called lagging, that spanned the space between two centerings.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay