latecomers

noun

plural of latecomer
as in stragglers

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  1. stragglers
  2. laggards
  3. lingerers
  4. loiterers
  5. slowpokes
  6. crawlers
  7. snails
  8. laggers
Noun
  • Some of us stragglers just needed to watch a bit more of him.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • There’s growing evidence, however, that some Tequesta stragglers may have stayed behind, or that some eventually returned from Cuba, joining other indigenous people in Florida.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of stragglers
Noun
  • Others risk losing ground as AI gets trapped in pilots that never scale, widening the performance gap between early adopters and laggards – and creating a new digital divide inside every industry.
    — Nigel Vaz, Time, 20 July 2026
  • In the first half-year, China's fastest-growing export categories were semiconductors, rare earths, autos and ships, while laggards included toys, footwear, steel and furniture.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of laggards
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  • Nakamura designs for lingerers.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of lingerers
Noun
  • Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of loiterers
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  • Instead, the problem is that these slowpokes haven’t been nearly as efficient.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Much of the drama is undermined by the odd choice to have the characters explain exactly what is happening (presumably for the slowpokes in the back).
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Definition of slowpokes
Noun
  • Cloudflare’s new architecture allows content owners to set a minimum price and AI crawlers to set a maximum bid, and lets the magic of a two-sided marketplace take it from there.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
  • The distinction matters because some crawlers serve multiple purposes simultaneously.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of crawlers
Noun
  • In Connecticut, diamondback terrapins live in saltmarsh habitats and consume coffee bean snails, which if left unchecked would consume all the grass in the saltmarsh.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • Pest Control with Cardboard Slugs and snails are drawn to cool, damp cardboard.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
Definition of snails
Noun
  • If enough go to the Democratic laggers rather than the party frontrunners, both Republicans could still wind up one-two.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Definition of laggers
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