as in laggard
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Noun
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Grooming and health care were the two laggards of the portfolio.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026 -
Cyclical shares such as autos, banks and industrials were also among the biggest laggards.—
Levin Stamm,
Bloomberg,
20 Apr. 2026
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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
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Konkoly, who is herself a lucid dreamer, told study participants to try working on the puzzle while asleep that night.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Others — the dreamers and grinders, as Spencer Nusbaum described yesterday — have to take second jobs to make ends meet while toiling away in minor-league baseball.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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After seeing the flare, the ne'er-do-wells steal Hunter's car instead of calling for help.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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Butler portrays the charming ne'er-do-well Hank, an East Village bartender who loves his mom, baseball and girlfriend Yvonne (Zoë Kravitz).—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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“Neglecter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neglecter. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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