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
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.
—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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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decelerate
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As mentioned, early mirrorless cameras were on the slow side for focus, which led to slow burst rates.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
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On the plus side, recent lower temperatures have slowed the insects’ life cycle in the Eaton fire burn area, and mosquito abundance levels have been below average.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The analysis found that Simpson tried to brake and steer to the right, but her vehicle struck the rear of the tractor-trailer, state police wrote.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
15 May 2025
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The control system is able to brake the rotors by running the motors backwards as generators, and the resulting torque is enough to effect a change in blade pitch.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 May 2025
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