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
“Unison singing of regular song structures makes the hearts of the singers accelerate and decelerate simultaneously,” it states.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The rate of inflation would probably have to decelerate to under 3%, but it might not reach that goal before year end.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 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
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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 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
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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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
RBI’s international segment comparable sales decelerated to a growth rate of 3.9% from 6.5%.
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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While decelerating from the 5% increase seen in the previous quarter, the result came ahead of analysts’ estimates of 3% growth, according to a company-provided consensus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
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
The study directly responds to research from a South Korean team that claimed the universe may have entered a period of decelerating expansion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 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
I, on the other hand, power walked even during my leisure hours and had a hard time decelerating.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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