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
Most measures also indicate national wage growth is decelerating, even as some pockets of the labor market that are most reliant on immigrants, like construction and traveler accommodation, are registering faster pay increases.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
China’s decelerating economic growth has not significantly curbed its military spending.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
After your tires regain traction, continue to decelerate your vehicle and avoid coming to an abrupt stop.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
So earnings are still growing, but at a decelerating pace.
—Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg, 12 Feb. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
China’s decelerating economic growth has not significantly curbed its military spending.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
After your tires regain traction, continue to decelerate your vehicle and avoid coming to an abrupt stop.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
So earnings are still growing, but at a decelerating pace.
—Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg, 12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decelerate
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Tasks, messages, or requests may stack up quickly, but trying to handle everything at once will slow you down.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2026
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In recent years the appetite for period dramas slowed a little bit.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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These in turn create pressure requests directed at the front calipers, where electrohydraulic actuators with pistons push on them to apply braking pressure to the wheels.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
6 May 2026
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Imagining an eternity of this, Creasy disables his car’s braking system and drives into a concrete pylon.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Decelerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decelerate. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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