as in to slow
to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone
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Recent Examples of decelerate
The risks are significant—cloud expenditure could decelerate, priorities in AI might change, and multiples could reduce.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
What’s more, rates of extinction may be decelerating, in part due to intensifying conservation efforts, particularly for mammals and birds.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Constanza plays with good balance, doesn’t get knocked off his lines and is able to decelerate in traffic to create a clean look.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
That value is decelerating, researchers said, meaning each generation is adding less time than the last.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
What’s more, rates of extinction may be decelerating, in part due to intensifying conservation efforts, particularly for mammals and birds.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Constanza plays with good balance, doesn’t get knocked off his lines and is able to decelerate in traffic to create a clean look.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
That value is decelerating, researchers said, meaning each generation is adding less time than the last.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
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Duffy, however, added that the absences were isolated, and the agency is prepared to slow air traffic as needed to meet controller staffing levels.—
John Tufts,
Freep.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Whether this backlash will slow the data center boom, blacken the reputation of AI companies and their products with users, or hasten the roll-out of AI regulation globally remains to be seen.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Nampa woman, Alyssa VanPaepeghem, braked, but the cars still crashed.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Oct. 2025
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Buses are larger, less capable of swerving, and take longer to brake, but bus drivers are also far more likely to drive cautiously and avoid speeding, said Toronto.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Decelerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decelerate. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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