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Executives said they saw demand decelerate in April, particularly in Nike’s sportswear and Jordan streetwear segments, as shoppers put off discretionary purchases amid concerns about the Iran war and higher costs overall.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 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

It's very light but strong enough to produce the drag that we need to decelerate.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

"You just decelerate so much before corners," Norris said.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 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

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

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

It can flatten from the savage forces it experiences as it decelerates in a process called, and I love this, pancaking.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023

The low hum of a centrifuge decelerates until it stops.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

And it does seem like a steep sentence, for contact that wasn’t even given a yellow card at first, and which, when decelerated in granular slow-mo, looks worse than it actually was.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

The educational technology company said Thursday its daily active user growth has decelerated in recent years, due in part its increased scale and recent focus on monetization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

First, we descended from Hermes, and decelerated our orbital velocity so we could start falling properly.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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 said AI capital spending — with the four major hyperscalers looking to spend $700 billion on AI infrastructure this year — is actually accelerating, not decelerating.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

Exports from China rose 2.5% in March from a year earlier in dollar-denominated terms, decelerating from a 22% increase in January and February, according to data released Tuesday by China’s customs bureau.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Unlike the energy shock from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, consumers have already drawn down savings buffers, and wage growth is decelerating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

Now it was decelerating with metal efficiency in the upper Martian atmospheres.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury