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decelerate

[dee-sel-uh-rayt] / diˈsɛl əˌreɪt /
VERB
slow down
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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

In Darwin's scheme, the rate of change of an organism was generally fixed, while the rate of natural selection could be amplified to accelerate evolution or dampened to decelerate it.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

Google’s paid click volume has decelerated sequentially this year, falling from 13% growth in the first quarter to 8% in the third.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 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

The report anticipates that tighter credit and liquidity next year will force decelerating AI capex, more credit events and the Federal Reserve being forced to adopt a more dovish approach.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

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

On the backstretch, he was going along smoothly when, without warning, he threw his forelegs forward and propped, decelerating rapidly and dropping back through the field.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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