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
  • The daffodils here were almost finished, apart from one little patch of stragglers still flowering on heroically against the odds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Swarms or stragglers are most likely to be spotted near the Great Lakes shorelines because the lakes help funnel their routes.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of stragglers
Noun
  • Those factors still matter, but as demand continues to outpace production capacity, another capability will increasingly separate industry leaders from laggards—the ability to execute more production with the same resources.
    — Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Namely, many of these laggards—including Gemini, Bullish and BitGo—are offering commodity services in a hyper competitive market, and don’t have the ability to scale or provide much in the way of extra value.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of laggards
Noun
  • The lingerers brought their dirty dishes to the bus tub, wiped their mouths one last time with a napkin, and waved to Cleo, their faces saying, Nice job!
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Nakamura designs for lingerers.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of lingerers
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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
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
  • Dispose of Fall Decorations Seasonal decor like pumpkins and gourds also unintentionally invite an infestation of creepy crawlers.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The crawlers wander about the plants for a short period of time and then begin to feed and create a waxy covering.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of crawlers
Noun
  • Holed up in her brutalist home in the Swiss alps with her pet snails, she is approached by a handsome young publisher from New York (Alden Ehrenreich) with the impossible task of convincing her to write another book in her Ripley series.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers found a population deep in a Japanese mountain valley where left- and right-coiling snails can mate and exchange genes.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 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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