slow down
Example Sentences
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The fact that inflation is a little higher than it would have been without the oil spike has nudged Treasury yields higher this month, which could slow down economic growth.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Until the last few months, memory-chip makers had been reluctant to add manufacturing capacity out of fear that demand would eventually slow down.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
That news reads like a bit of a genre-mashed Mad Libs, so we’ll slow down a bit: Monsignor Stephen Rossetti has been working in the Washington Archdiocese for the past 15 years as an exorcist.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
Biographers wishing he might slow down so they could catch up are out of luck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
We are already used to the idea that if you accelerate, you change the way you move through space; you can speed up or slow down.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
