decelerate
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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
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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
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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
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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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