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decelerate

[dee-sel-uh-rayt] / diˈsɛl əˌreɪt /
VERB
slow down
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Strategists from Wells Fargo to Franklin Templeton were among those in recent weeks predicting the S&P 500 corporate earnings expansion would decelerate as higher interest rates, tariff pressures and elevated oil prices weigh on results.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Unison singing of regular song structures makes the hearts of the singers accelerate and decelerate simultaneously,” it states.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

A soft number on Friday would validate Fed staff projections that monthly inflation readings should decelerate to levels consistent with 2% inflation now that tariff effects have worked through the system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

It’s almost certain to decelerate from the 3.4% increase in the second quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

In Darwin's scheme, the rate of change of an organism was generally fixed, while the rate of natural selection could be amplified to accelerate evolution or dampened to decelerate it.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

But recent weakness in some corners of the increasingly debt-driven sector have previewed potential pain to pensions—and millions of teachers, firefighters and other workers they support—if growth decelerates or the boom goes bust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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

As Violet drives up, the world decelerates, and tiny details come into sharp focus.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Although services revenue reached an all-time high of $31.57 billion, growth decelerated sequentially to 9.8% from 12.1% in the June quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

System-wide sales growth, which measures all the sales generated by the entire network of restaurants, decelerated to 6.2% from 6.9% a year earlier, reaching $12.97 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

While that was up 50% from the previous quarter, revenue growth decelerated from the 140% jump between the first and second quarter of 2026, according to Wednesday’s Financial Times story.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Pop Mart’s business growth decelerated sharply in the first half of 2026, as the Chinese toy maker worked to find its next blockbuster character and turn Labubus’ novelty appeal into an enduring franchise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

As the spaceship decelerated and pulled out of its orbit, heading down, down, down, it passed through several minutes of communications blackout.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

The report anticipates that tighter credit and liquidity next year will force decelerating AI capex, more credit events and the Federal Reserve being forced to adopt a more dovish approach.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Decelerating AI-investment spending also signals decelerating earnings growth for the AI infrastructure complex,” the Goldman strategists said, pointing to semiconductor and power companies as areas tied to the buildout of AI.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

The statistics bureau said the headline slowdown was primarily driven by decelerating gasoline price growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Now it was decelerating with metal efficiency in the upper Martian atmospheres.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury


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