as in braked
to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
if you don't slow your delivery down a bit, your speech will be over too soon
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Recent Examples of slowed
In recent years the appetite for period dramas slowed a little bit.
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K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 May 2026
Two projects along the La Jolla coastline that started with great momentum in recent years have slowed lately.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Movement in recent months has slowed, and even stopped in some areas, but some sections of the Portuguese Bend neighborhood are still shifting 1 to 2 inches a week, according to the latest reports from the city.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
That environment, coupled with high interest rates and construction costs, has slowed new groundbreakings to a crawl.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Nvidia's stock price has climbed roughly 14-fold in the past five years, but the rally has slowed of late as investors have spread their bets across the wider swath of AI infrastructure companies, backing chipmaker Intel and memory provider Micron as well as Corning.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 6 May 2026
He was slowed in later years by Lewy body dementia.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Business activity there has grown throughout the war, but the pace has now slowed for the past two months.
—Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
Traffic through the waterway that carries 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas has slowed to a trickle.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 May 2026
Two projects along the La Jolla coastline that started with great momentum in recent years have slowed lately.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Movement in recent months has slowed, and even stopped in some areas, but some sections of the Portuguese Bend neighborhood are still shifting 1 to 2 inches a week, according to the latest reports from the city.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
That environment, coupled with high interest rates and construction costs, has slowed new groundbreakings to a crawl.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Nvidia's stock price has climbed roughly 14-fold in the past five years, but the rally has slowed of late as investors have spread their bets across the wider swath of AI infrastructure companies, backing chipmaker Intel and memory provider Micron as well as Corning.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 6 May 2026
He was slowed in later years by Lewy body dementia.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Business activity there has grown throughout the war, but the pace has now slowed for the past two months.
—Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
Traffic through the waterway that carries 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas has slowed to a trickle.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowed
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The Waymo robotaxi, traveling at a speed of 17 miles per hour, braked and collided with the student.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
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The Waymo Driver braked hard, reducing speed from approximately 17 mph to under 6 mph before contact was made.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Revenue growth from Red Hat Enterprise Linux, stemming from IBM's $34 billion Red Hat acquisition in 2019, decelerated from the fourth quarter, said IBM's finance chief, Jim Kavanaugh.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, overall auto spending on TV ads has decelerated in recent years.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Hurricane formation can be inhibited by strong wind shear over the Atlantic, stirred by the pattern of warmer-than-normal waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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So contaminated was the air that water droplets could cling to pollutants, slowing evaporation; the resulting scrim of moisture inhibited vertical air movement, trapping more pollution in turn.—
Scott W. Stern,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Apr. 2026
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Hagerty batted around against three different West Orange pitchers and before the bleeding was stopped, the Huskies had plated 10 runs in a crazy inning.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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For nearly two hours, Kid Rock barely stopped moving.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 2026
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“Slowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowed. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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