Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowed (down or up)
Verb
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The Labor Department said Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025 -
However, growth has recently decelerated.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Backed by an excellent band complete with a banjo and a fiddle, along with a lighting and effects rig that made the big moments really pop, Shaboozey strolled through his new material while building up to the marquee moment.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
23 Sep. 2025
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Last October, Ann Watson strolled into her local Costco with a shopping list and a sense of purpose.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Wounded by multiple gunshots, Barron staggered a little more than 17 feet away from his truck and from Maltos and Olvera, documents said.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Things looked less promising three weeks ago as the Mariners staggered through their second three-city East Coast trip in a month.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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During the song's second verse, Hayley Williams of Paramore sauntered out, taking over on the vocals on the funky song.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Sep. 2025
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In the third quarter, Fields pushed through the goal line on a 2-yard run, and sauntered into the end zone untouched on a fourth-and-goal bootleg call in the fourth quarter that worked beautifully.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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One member of the group, Joel Wenhardt, from Southern California, shuffled to the piano and flopped down on the bench.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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But what that led to, advocates and attorneys say, is that children in the state’s care continued to be in night to night placements and shuffled from home to home.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2025
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With the Emmy engraving completed, Einbender held the trophy in one hand, clutched the hem of her one-shoulder Louis Vuitton gown and her heels with the other, and ambled into the party.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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One resident ambled to the front of the room for seconds.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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By September, that balance had inched upward to 44 percent approval and 53 percent disapproval—a modest improvement.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Nvidia inched lower after China said the company violated anti-monopoly law.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Slowed (down or up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowed%20%28down%20or%20up%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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