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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Snap slashed about 20% of its workforce in 2022 following a slowdown in ad revenue growth, and another 10% worldwide in 2024.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
But if the same conditions persist for the whole year, home sale numbers are more likely to decline compared to 2025, a significant signal pointing to an economic slowdown.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
The camera can rattle off hundreds of JPG images at 10fps with no slowdown, but is limited to about 35 Raw images before the capture rate slows, a sign that the camera's buffer memory is full.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
The vast majority of critiques and demonstrations against AI have been nonviolent — including local resistance to energy-intensive AI data centers and protests urging a slowdown of the rapidly accelerating technology.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 14 Apr. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
But if the same conditions persist for the whole year, home sale numbers are more likely to decline compared to 2025, a significant signal pointing to an economic slowdown.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
The camera can rattle off hundreds of JPG images at 10fps with no slowdown, but is limited to about 35 Raw images before the capture rate slows, a sign that the camera's buffer memory is full.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
The vast majority of critiques and demonstrations against AI have been nonviolent — including local resistance to energy-intensive AI data centers and protests urging a slowdown of the rapidly accelerating technology.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Slowdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slowdown. Accessed 18 Apr. 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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