decelerate
verb
de·cel·er·ate
(ˌ)dē-ˈse-lə-ˌrāt 
decelerated; decelerating
1
: to reduce the speed of : slow down
decelerate a car
2
: to decrease the rate of progress of
decelerate growth
decelerate soil erosion
: to move at decreasing speed
Examples of decelerate in a Sentence
she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone
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Growth decelerated from double-digit annual rates two decades ago to rates in the high single digits in the 2010s to rates of around five percent today (discounted by many China watchers to closer to two percent, to account for the CCP’s tendency to exaggerate).
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
The Future: Balanced Expectations As retail media’s rapid growth begins to decelerate, artificial intelligence emerges not as a silver bullet, but as a strategic tool to address the industry's most pressing challenges.
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Abercrombie brand sales continued to decelerate into February and turned negative for the month, CEO Fran Horowitz said on a call with analysts.
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Material handling and manufacturing industry data expanded but decelerated in February 2025.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
The Future: Balanced Expectations As retail media’s rapid growth begins to decelerate, artificial intelligence emerges not as a silver bullet, but as a strategic tool to address the industry's most pressing challenges.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Abercrombie brand sales continued to decelerate into February and turned negative for the month, CEO Fran Horowitz said on a call with analysts.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
Material handling and manufacturing industry data expanded but decelerated in February 2025.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Decelerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decelerate. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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decelerate
verb
de·cel·er·ate
(ˈ)dē-ˈsel-ə-ˌrāt
decelerated; decelerating
: to move or cause to move at decreasing speed : slow down
Medical Definition
decelerate
verb
de·cel·er·ate
(ˈ)dē-ˈsel-ə-ˌrāt
decelerated; decelerating
: to reduce the speed of : slow down
: to move at decreasing speed
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