decelerate
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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
“We’re going to materially decelerate in terms of growth,” Isom says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
“Unison singing of regular song structures makes the hearts of the singers accelerate and decelerate simultaneously,” it states.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 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 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
Cloud revenue growth decelerates to 22% from 24.5% in the first quarter.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 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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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
Comparable sales, a metric that compares the performance of the network of restaurants that have been open for at least a year, decelerated to 3.8% from 4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Customer wins and revenue growth have decelerated, they warn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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
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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Looking forward into 2027, Citi’s research finds that in years where earnings-per-share growth is positive but decelerating, global stocks tend to rise modestly at about 4% on average.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology 9863 -0.29%decrease; red down pointing triangle had a similar showing, with deliveries rising 59% to 105,656 units, decelerating from August’s 81% surge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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
Meanwhile, China’s consumer price increased 0.5% from a year earlier, decelerating from June’s 1.0% growth and missing the 0.8% rise tipped by the economists surveyed.
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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