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
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
They deliver powerful bursts of thrust that allow spacecraft to quickly accelerate, decelerate, climb, descend, or change position.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth was encouraged by Meta’s increased advertising revenue, although he expects sales growth to decelerate throughout the year and sees a more “challenging” path to returns outside of advertising.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 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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“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
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
Cloud revenue growth decelerates to 22% from 24.5% in the first quarter.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
The low hum of a centrifuge decelerates until it stops.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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Shelter costs decelerated, showing the slowest pace of increase in more than five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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
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
Still, inflation excluding the effect of indirect taxes has decelerated each month this year, slowing to 1.9% last month from 2.5% at the end of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 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
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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
Gasoline prices rose by 1.0%, with the growth rate decelerating by 16.0 percentage points compared with the previous month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The statistics bureau said the headline slowdown was primarily driven by decelerating gasoline price growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
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
He amused himself by propping in mid-workout, decelerating rapidly and vaulting his jockey up onto his neck.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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