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
Investors focused on potentially discouraging numbers underneath the surface, including decelerating growth in trends for its software business.
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Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Even hundreds of miles above the Earth, trace wisps of high atmosphere exert a subtle drag on orbiting objects, slowly decelerating them and eventually pulling them down out of the sky.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
Indeed, overall auto spending on TV ads has decelerated in recent years.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
China’s decelerating economic growth has not significantly curbed its military spending.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
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Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Even hundreds of miles above the Earth, trace wisps of high atmosphere exert a subtle drag on orbiting objects, slowly decelerating them and eventually pulling them down out of the sky.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
Indeed, overall auto spending on TV ads has decelerated in recent years.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
China’s decelerating economic growth has not significantly curbed its military spending.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decelerate
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Now, with oil price momentum showing signs of slowing amid stuttering peace negotiations, the quant models may now be cutting back on their exposures.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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After the facility opened, delivery rates slowed.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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Her lawyers now argue trial counsel should have dug deeper and sought expert testimony to explain whether POTS could account for Shirilla’s failure to brake before impact.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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The front half of the lap has braking zones.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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“Decelerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decelerate. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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