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The phrase "are already lagging" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something is falling behind or not keeping up with a certain standard or pace.
Example: "In the race, the other competitors are already lagging behind the frontrunner, who is maintaining a steady speed."
Alternatives: "are already falling behind" or "are already trailing."
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In this respect the European giants are already lagging behind.
Yet what most people don't realise is that these services are already lagging 10 years behind.
Poor white children are already lagging behind when they start primary school, and the gap grows wider as they get older.
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"Turkey is already lagging behind other countries in adopting nuclear energy".
The pity of it is that they have wasted so much time in a country that is already lagging behind in so many areas.(Picture credit: AFP).
One analyst commented about a new game Zynga introduced in July, The Ville, that is already lagging: "The decay curve, the half-life, is shortening.
"The national offender management service is less than halfway through its cost cutting programme but is already lagging behind its target to curb spending by £884m before March 2015," said Margaret Hodge, chair of the Commons public accounts committee.
In Manhattan, where the supply of office space was already lagging demand, the growth of Internet companies in the last two years has driven rents to new heights in neighborhoods favored by the digerati.
"The EU is already lagging behind other OECD countries.
Mr Khan argues that the UK is already lagging behind its competitors.
He laments that the U.S. is already lagging in drone delivery.
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