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decelerate

[dee-sel-uh-rayt] / diˈsɛl əˌreɪt /
VERB
slow down
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“Unison singing of regular song structures makes the hearts of the singers accelerate and decelerate simultaneously,” it states.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

“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

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

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

Between the first and second quarter, Anthropic’s revenue grew roughly 140% — which means that the company’s growth has decelerated since the beginning of the year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

While going down a TikTok rabbit hole on car tech, she was alarmed by one clip in which a woman of similarly short stature said her car decelerated after she briefly slouched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Headline annual inflation is expected to have decelerated in June to 3.0% from 3.2% previously, according to The Wall Street Journal’s poll of analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

First, we descended from Hermes, and decelerated our orbital velocity so we could start falling properly.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

She points out that fund flows toward global developed market tech funds have weakened recently and that earnings upgrades for semiconductor stocks are decelerating.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

To start, investors are much more optimistic about the economy’s strength, and think it can handle a 5% yield without quickly decelerating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

By measuring how strongly the expansion was decelerating, researchers hoped to determine how much matter was actually out there.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 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

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

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury


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