laggard
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Qualcomm has been a conspicuous laggard in the chip sector due to concerns about its core smartphone market, but has unveiled its AI200 and AI250 rack servers for inference.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Such neutrality helps prevent the ETF from being a laggard if market moves are based solely on a specific sector or country.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
It’s an unexpected reversal of fortunes for the iPhone maker, whose stock has otherwise underperformed over the past year due to its reputation for being an artificial-intelligence laggard.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
Global X is shifting some powder to 2025 laggard India, while maintaining a “not heavy overweight” on Korea, Dmitriev says.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
He was less often a laggard, less often beaten, more often a snitch.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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