- present participle of trail.
trailing
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Capex growth is based on trailing 12-month expenditures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Bangladesh reached 96-1 at the close, trailing by 102 runs.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Take a look at the accompanying chart, which is based on the trailing five-year relative strength of midcap stocks, defined as the 40% of stocks in the middle of the market-cap distribution of U.S. stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving leader, is running even or trailing in some polls ahead of October 27 elections, the country's first since the devastating 2023 attack by Hamas that sparked the Gaza war.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Had them leveling the dirt floor with boards when we went back to lessons, something I would’ve had to do with my leg trailing me like a tail.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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