as in to slow
to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone
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Recent Examples of decelerate
As most people who have used adaptive cruise control know, if your following distance is too large, other drivers will often cut in, causing you to decelerate.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
The risks are significant—cloud expenditure could decelerate, priorities in AI might change, and multiples could reduce.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
What’s more, rates of extinction may be decelerating, in part due to intensifying conservation efforts, particularly for mammals and birds.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Constanza plays with good balance, doesn’t get knocked off his lines and is able to decelerate in traffic to create a clean look.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
The risks are significant—cloud expenditure could decelerate, priorities in AI might change, and multiples could reduce.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
What’s more, rates of extinction may be decelerating, in part due to intensifying conservation efforts, particularly for mammals and birds.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Constanza plays with good balance, doesn’t get knocked off his lines and is able to decelerate in traffic to create a clean look.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decelerate
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Flights have been delayed for up to six and a half hours in some areas, with the FAA forced to slow air traffic at numerous major airports due to safety concerns, Reuters reported.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The days of listing high and getting multiple offers in a weekend have slowed down.—
Cecelia Cawthon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Nampa woman, Alyssa VanPaepeghem, braked, but the cars still crashed.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Oct. 2025
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Buses are larger, less capable of swerving, and take longer to brake, but bus drivers are also far more likely to drive cautiously and avoid speeding, said Toronto.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Decelerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decelerate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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