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decelerate

[dee-sel-uh-reyt] / 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

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

“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

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

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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