laggards

plural of laggard

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Recent Examples of laggards Nvidia was among Friday's key laggards, as shares extended their recent losses with a fall of 3%. Sean Conlon,brian Evans, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025 Technology stocks got trounced in the last week as investors sold their winners and bought previous laggards. Moneyshow, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Industries at the top today can become tomorrow's laggards in just a few years. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025 In the economic turmoil of the AI revolution, leaders will become laggards. Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 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
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snails
Noun
  • Millions of gastropods, like snails and mollusks from various species, died suddenly in Inle Lake.
    Lauren Liebhaber September 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The subject of snails stemmed from Mercier’s long fascination with history and time — snails like alligators predate back to 500 million years ago with the only thing changing are their sizes.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Laggards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laggards. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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