slowed (down or up)

verb

past tense of slow (down or up)
as in decelerated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowed (down or up)
  1. decelerated
  2. strolled
  3. staggered
  4. sauntered
  5. shuffled
  6. ambled
  7. inched
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  • In June, wholesale inflation is expected to have decelerated slightly.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 July 2026
  • Growth rates have decelerated, and enterprise customers are consolidating vendors and scrutinizing renewal costs with new intensity.
    — Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
Definition of decelerated
Verb
  • A couple's anniversary getaway took a wild turn when a bear strolled into a Gatlinburg tea shop and began rummaging through merchandise before suddenly jumping onto the counter in a startling encounter caught on video.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Julian Lucas strolled through the museum’s exhibitions to see for himself.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of strolled
Verb
  • When the chute opened, Paper Cut thrashed across the arena until, at the sound of the buzzer, Jacobson launched himself off the animal and staggered away, his chaps flapping.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Another argument favors sacrificing the long summer break for more frequent shorter breaks staggered throughout the school year.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of staggered
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  • With that, Carpenter — who’d performed his loose, eccentric opening set barefoot and in shorts — sauntered out looking noticeably more dressed-up.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The duo sauntered on the screen with margaritas (made with Astral Tequila) in hand.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of sauntered
Verb
  • The old football adage about teams making their biggest improvements between their first and second games might not apply in the NFL preseason, when personnel are constantly being shuffled in and out of the action.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Canden Arciniega shuffled on the hot granite terrace on a mid-August morning, counting the names on her list.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuffled
Verb
  • Right fielder Jason Lane ambled over in time to make the catch, then didn’t.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Four days after the council vote, Leslie Ridings and Horton of the residents association stood outside the fenced off lot as two men with the group Vincor Construction ambled about driving stakes into the ground.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of ambled
Verb
  • Barely an hour from the famed Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap, deminers with South Korean, Swiss and American flags on their uniforms and helmets, recently inched through a minefield, clearing the land one painstaking step at a time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Whether Kidman’s performance inched the price upward remains unclear.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of inched
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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 26 Aug. 2026.

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