trailing
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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A fastback design calls for a roughly diagonal profile and backlight glass sloping from the trailing edge of the roofline to the deck lid, a feature nowhere in sight.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Tesla stock trades for roughly 400 times trailing net income, 130 times Ebitda, and 16 times sales.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
At an estimated market cap of $1.8 trillion, the company would trade at 93 times trailing sales.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Investor Corvex Management called for a sale of Premier Inn owner Whitbread WTB -0.78%decrease; red down pointing triangle as the company struggles to turn around a weak performance and a trailing share price.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
With Matthias trailing behind her on his lead, Dunwing tapped on the slates which formed King Bull Sparra’s wall.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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