lagging
Example Sentences
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If AI made it easier to pick market-beating stocks, we therefore should have seen a much lower percentage this year of mutual funds lagging the market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Meanwhile, the crisis has been aggravated by lagging salaries.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The unions said Micron's one-off payment offer last month was insufficient and "clearly lagging behind" its competitors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
This unfavorable futures-curve shape, plus the fund’s 0.9% fee, explains why the fund is up about 14% year to date, lagging behind copper futures by about 3 percentage points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The boys marched around his laid-out body—with Clayton lagging behind, not sure what to do.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
