Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowed (down or up)
Verb
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Indeed, overall auto spending on TV ads has decelerated in recent years.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026 -
As store volumes ran hot, membership growth subsequently decelerated.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Nearly half a million people strolled through the grounds last year, nearly double the number in 2015.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
14 Apr. 2026
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Once product characters strolled into the park in 1974, the floodgates opened.—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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According to a Monday press release from the Park District, the pink blossoms are approaching stage five, and many of the white blossoms are in stages three and four, meaning blooms will be slightly staggered.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Knueppel staggered, but didn’t fall.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Leaving the Heavener Football Center on Wednesday, Baugh sauntered several hundred yards to his car without a phone in his hands — a rare sight among his fellow students on the UF campus.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Murphy snapped the shot just as the seraphic straggler picked his head up to get a sense of his bearings, then later sauntered back to rejoin his comrades.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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For weeks, Isaiah Mosley shuffled into the morning chaos of the Miami criminal courthouse.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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Born from the embers of the eighties band Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, led by the singer and guitarist Amelia Fletcher, shuffled forward with her riffy, effervescent playing style, gradually growing more sophisticated across four LPs and an EP, without any loss of buoyancy.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Groups of Irish setters and their owners ambled up Fifth Avenue, along with a cavalcade of classic cars, vintage fire trucks and a Depression-era San Diego police paddy wagon.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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On a spring training back field Saturday, Jose Altuve ambled out to a familiar spot.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
14 Feb. 2026
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Oklahoma schools could see increased days in session, state tests in the final weeks of the academic year and fewer adjunct teachers providing core curriculum instruction after several bills inched closer to the governor's desk Tuesday, April 7.—
Alexia Aston,
Oklahoman,
7 Apr. 2026
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Oil prices dipped and stocks inched higher on hopes for an 11th-hour ceasefire between Washington and Tehran, even as damage to Gulf oil and gas infrastructure mounted.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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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 15 Apr. 2026.
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