as in laggard
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Recent Examples of latecomer
There are too many latecomers who need to be punished.
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Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
In those days, even small neighborhood theaters employed uniformed ushers to guide latecomers to their seats with a flashlight, patrol the aisles, and handle obstreperous customers.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
Zoom out: The fracture was familiar to anyone who's seen a movement expand — early adopters criticizing the latecomers for bringing different ideas.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
Should the host have ordered more food for the latecomers, especially since the other parents were eating food meant for the children?
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
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Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
In those days, even small neighborhood theaters employed uniformed ushers to guide latecomers to their seats with a flashlight, patrol the aisles, and handle obstreperous customers.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
Zoom out: The fracture was familiar to anyone who's seen a movement expand — early adopters criticizing the latecomers for bringing different ideas.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
Should the host have ordered more food for the latecomers, especially since the other parents were eating food meant for the children?
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latecomer
Noun
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Once again, Pizza Hut was the laggard this quarter.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Florida Legislature, after largely avoiding the issue for years, this month approved a law specifically requiring property owners to disclose past flooding — a significant step forward in a state that has long been a laggard, despite having the highest risk in the nation.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Retired or not, the world’s greatest quarterback does not have the luxury to indulge in sequential action—one thing at a time is for slowpokes and losers.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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One group of 15 female rats, brighter in color than the rest, kept zooming past the others to make it into the houses first, making the rest of their furry colleagues look like slowpokes.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Now, Korean skincare is known for 10-step routines and unusual, yet viral products, like COSRX snail mucin and salmon sperm injections.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
23 Apr. 2025
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Use it for pest control by adding a ring of biodegradable litter along the topsoil of outdoor plants to keep slugs, snails, and pests away.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Apr. 2025
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Google’s index ballooned as its crawlers struggled to process this relentless deluge of pages.—
Ivan Guzenko,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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That gives him time to meet and chat with crawlers and learn about their book-reading habits.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Latecomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latecomer. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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