Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowing (down)
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That hasn’t happened, and attacks continue to fly, potentially weakening the eventual GOP nominee.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026 -
Bank of England officials will now have to weigh the risks of weakening demand in the UK economy, against surging oil and gas prices.—
Irina Anghel,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hammers tapped slackening fibers and instead of the pleasant overtones of a major scale, a nauseating cacophony swelled from the instrument’s wooden belly.—
Sasha Geffen,
Pitchfork,
21 Jan. 2026
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There was still a risk of more flash flooding and mudslides Friday despite slackening rain around Los Angeles, the National Weather Service warned.—
TY ONEIL,
Arkansas Online,
27 Dec. 2025
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The last push of the system looks to be around mid-morning on Wednesday before tapering off through the end of the morning.—
Karen Carter,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The storm will make travel in the foothills and mountains difficult on Friday before tapering off Friday night.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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Its decades-long monitoring in the bay documented seagrass loss that helped restart flagging efforts to stop pollution flowing from stormwater and leaky septic tanks in 2019.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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What Muller is flagging, politely, almost generously, is that policy unpredictability is now doing more damage than hardship.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Slowing (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowing%20%28down%29. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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