- present participle of trail.
trailing
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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MS NOW is the second most-watched cable news channel, trailing Fox News, and has seen its audience grow in 2026.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The 12-month forward consensus S&P 500 EPS estimate is nearly 90% above the trailing 10-year average reported EPS.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
With Villa trailing 1-0 at half-time, the teenager - who in my assessment had struggled - was taken off.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Capex growth is based on trailing 12-month expenditures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Even though he had made it back into the world of the living, he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was still trailing his heels as he left.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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