decelerate
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Electric vehicles can also accelerate and decelerate much more quickly than conventional combustion cars, which Di Giulio says can cause motion sickness.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“While there are indeed factors contributing to ‘over-earning’ today, our base case is for S&P 500 earnings growth to decelerate, not collapse, in coming years,” they said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
“Unison singing of regular song structures makes the hearts of the singers accelerate and decelerate simultaneously,” it states.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
It's very light but strong enough to produce the drag that we need to decelerate.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Where virtually all horses decelerate and often drift out as they try to negotiate corners, Seabiscuit was capable of holding a tight line while accelerating dramatically.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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The plane decelerates rapidly from a ground speed of 598 knots to 390 knots in 45 seconds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Even if growth in data center decelerates slightly next year,” the analysts said Texas Instruments’ total revenue should be able to grow by about 20%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
It decelerates the vehicle from about 350 miles per hour to about 17 miles per hour for a nice soft landing for the crew in the Pacific Ocean.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
“It could just be the de-ce. I don’t know,” Redick said, alluding to the way Doncic decelerates with the ball in his hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
I hold myself steady as the bus decelerates and pulls to the curb.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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Growth in cloud applications decelerated by 2 percentage points on a sequential basis, to 9%, “keeping the SaaSpocalypse theory alive,” according to Thill.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
China’s consumer spending growth decelerated to its weakest pace since 2022 in April, while industrial output, investment and the real-estate sector all continued to deteriorate, falling short of economists’ expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Furthermore, core prices have decelerated and the economy is operating with spare capacity, which should put a limit on price increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Annual sales growth has decelerated over the past five years through 2025, and is expected to slow further this year, leaving it less room to fend off threats like X Money.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
First, we descended from Hermes, and decelerated our orbital velocity so we could start falling properly.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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The study directly responds to research from a South Korean team that claimed the universe may have entered a period of decelerating expansion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
Gasoline prices rose by 1.0%, with the growth rate decelerating by 16.0 percentage points compared with the previous month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
He said AI capital spending — with the four major hyperscalers looking to spend $700 billion on AI infrastructure this year — is actually accelerating, not decelerating.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
With March-quarter growth having landed a touch below expectations, they see domestic demand decelerating over the rest of 2026 under the weight of interest-rate hikes, tax changes and energy costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Now it was decelerating with metal efficiency in the upper Martian atmospheres.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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