Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowed (down or up)
Verb
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However, growth has recently decelerated.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Furniture price growth picked up in July, while apparel price growth decelerated and appliance prices declined outright.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Once the cars arrived at the Kinnison family home, Robert was sitting in a lawn chair surrounded by loved ones as the cars strolled through.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Once the cars arrived at the Kinnison family home, Robert was sitting in a lawn chair surrounded by loved ones as the cars strolled through.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Terry staggered to the lobby and collapsed, according to court documents.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
2 Sep. 2025
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Fed governors are appointed to staggered, 14-year terms to ensure that no single president can appoint too many.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Salazar sauntered to home plate and met a fellow catcher, Yankees bench coach Brad Ausmus.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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In keeping with the sibling revelry on display all night, at one point Shultz sauntered over to older brother guitarist Brad Shultz and gave him a sweet brotherly shove after a bit of teasing.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Over the past two months, he’s been shuffled through three detention centers despite attempts to pay a bond set by the immigration judge.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
22 Aug. 2025
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On Wednesday Ahn slowly shuffled to a bridge leading to the Korean Peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), pleading for permission to cross the zone – one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world – and enter North Korea.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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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Ford's sales of internal combustion vehicles, those that run on gasoline, inched up 2% in August to 160,762 gasoline cars sold.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Ford's sales of internal combustion vehicles, those that run on gasoline, inched up 2% in August to 160,762 gasoline cars sold.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
3 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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