as in snails
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
tried to spur on the laggards at the back of the line during the hike
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Recent Examples of laggards
That must be welcome news for CEO Tim Cook and investors, as the stock has been one of the biggest laggards in the Magnificent 7 group.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Economies that embed decarbonization into their growth models are becoming magnets for investment; laggards are already seeing their cost of capital rise.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The study finds the performance gap between AI leaders and laggards is widening fast, primarily driven by the rise of agentic AI.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
McKinsey researchers also found that the gap in digital transformation maturity between market leaders and laggards has increased by 60% over the past three years.
—Igor Rikalo, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Economies that embed decarbonization into their growth models are becoming magnets for investment; laggards are already seeing their cost of capital rise.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The study finds the performance gap between AI leaders and laggards is widening fast, primarily driven by the rise of agentic AI.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
McKinsey researchers also found that the gap in digital transformation maturity between market leaders and laggards has increased by 60% over the past three years.
—Igor Rikalo, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laggards
Noun
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The range of the monster drawings included primitive people, giant spiders, serpents, snails and fantastical fish.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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The giant snails are found only in the Ruahine, Kaweka and Kaimanawa mountain ranges in the lower central region of New Zealand’s North Island.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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The last Orionid stragglers usually appear sometime in early to mid-November.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lightly prune the fern to remove dead fronds, long stragglers, and any fronds that are damaged.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Laggards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laggards. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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