decelerate
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Conversely, if the stock drops significantly below that level, this process loses momentum, causing the company’s cryptocurrency purchases to decelerate.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
They deliver powerful bursts of thrust that allow spacecraft to quickly accelerate, decelerate, climb, descend, or change position.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
“With tougher compares and higher fuel prices, Target’s performance may decelerate, as is implied in Target’s guidance,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
"You just decelerate so much before corners," Norris said.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 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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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
Analysts at Bank of America expect the BOC will resume cutting interest rates in April and June as core inflation decelerates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 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
It can flatten from the savage forces it experiences as it decelerates in a process called, and I love this, pancaking.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023
As Violet drives up, the world decelerates, and tiny details come into sharp focus.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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Food bought from stores rose 4.3% year-over-year in May, while shelter prices decelerated, with rent rising 3.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
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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Declining oil prices are likely to send the main PCE index decelerating to around 3.5% by year-end, top Fed officials and Wall Street economists predict.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
On a monthly basis, headline CPI fell 0.1% in May, decelerating from a 0.3% rise in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Exports from China rose 2.5% in March from a year earlier in dollar-denominated terms, decelerating from a 22% increase in January and February, according to data released Tuesday by China’s customs bureau.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
“This continued acceleration will drive the narrative that Anthropic & OpenAI are consuming all IT budgets,” Thill wrote, especially considering that 77% of Jefferies’s software coverage is expected to show decelerating revenue growth in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
I, on the other hand, power walked even during my leisure hours and had a hard time decelerating.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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