Examples of slowdown in a Sentence
The business had a slowdown after the holidays.
disease experts are encouraged by the recent slowdown in the spread of the virus
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The time frame for companies to place manufacturing orders for Lunar New Year is typically at the end of December or the beginning of January, to avoid the slowdown in production of their imports.
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
That's a steady slowdown after a yearslong stretch of intense inflation, but still painful.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
In the years since, the app has been at the center of long-running privacy debates, dealt with the occasional lawsuit, and lived through a years-long slowdown.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
The region bucked a wider slowdown in startup funding across other emerging markets, and is now almost the same size as the venture market in South East Asia, according to a report by data provider Magnitt.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
That's a steady slowdown after a yearslong stretch of intense inflation, but still painful.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
In the years since, the app has been at the center of long-running privacy debates, dealt with the occasional lawsuit, and lived through a years-long slowdown.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
The region bucked a wider slowdown in startup funding across other emerging markets, and is now almost the same size as the venture market in South East Asia, according to a report by data provider Magnitt.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Slowdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slowdown. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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slowdown
noun
slow·down
ˈslō-ˌdau̇n 
: a slowing down
Legal Definition
slowdown
noun
slow·down
ˈslō-ˌdau̇n
: a slowing down of business operations by employees
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