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
  • Earnings season is winding down, but a few stragglers in the portfolio are still left to report this week.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026
  • On the streets below, vendors are hawking bootleg merchandise as stragglers from the festivities color the sidewalks with blue-and-orange jerseys and hats.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of stragglers
Noun
  • McKinsey has found that companies leading in customer experience achieve more than twice the revenue growth of customer experience laggards.
    — Jessica Wong, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The energy sector and logistics companies that rely on fuel are likely to be the biggest laggards.
    — Alex Harring,Sarah Min, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Definition of laggards
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Everyone took the Meta keyword tag seriously and the practice of utilizing ‘white text on a white background’ to hide hidden keywords was a legitimate tactic that webmasters would use to include keywords in their website for search engine crawlers.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The website security provider helps companies protect against AI crawlers.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of crawlers
Noun
  • Zebra sharks tend to rest on reef floors, regulating bottom-dwelling prey such as snails, clams, crabs, shrimp and small fish, an important part of maintaining thriving ecosystems.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • That includes September’s Aloha Festivals celebrating Hawaiian traditions and the annual Kāhuli Festival at the Bishop Museum in October, a unique family-friendly event spotlighting the vital role of Hawaiian land snails in preserving biodiversity.
    — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 31 Aug. 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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“Latecomers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latecomers. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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