as in to decelerate
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Household consumption growth has been decelerating.Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Its revenue growth rate — while high — is decelerating from 122% in Q2 to 8o% this quarter, according to my September Forbes post, companies are struggling to make AI payoff, noted the Boston Globe, and export restrictions to China could limit Nvidia’s growth opportunity.Peter Cohan, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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As the temperatures drop, Arizonans are flocking to outdoor activities, biking, hiking, patio-sitting, and our favorite —strolling around neighborhood farmers market.Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024
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Someone who regularly strolls around crowded metropolitan areas with just-showered hair and crammed shoppers sliding off her shoulders.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
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More than 58,000 fans follow an Instagram account that shares snapshots of 399’s life — ambling through the grass with her babies, bathing with them, emerging from hibernation with snow speckled on her snout.Leslie Katz, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Video provided by Transport for New South Wales showed the koala ambling through Casula station on Friday, around 21 miles south-west of the city’s central business district.NBC News, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
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After its taste test, the bear snatches up the entire pumpkin, makes its way down the stairs, and casually saunters off with its prize.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Drag queens in Mugler-esque bodysuits sauntered around the crowd, and desserts like mini ice cream sandwiches were devoured.Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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While his story staggers along, Narkevičius layers self-reflexive imagery throughout several scenes.Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
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The cast staggered through the heckles to complete the four acts of Ibsen’s tragedy.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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But for some folks, shuffling off this mortal coil doesn’t necessarily mean the money stops rolling in.Chris Dobstaff, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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After entering the ad business two years ago, Netflix shuffled its executive team leading the initiative.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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This means companies can, in effect, procrastinate and wait until customer demand is present before producing an actual product or service.Kaihan Krippendorff Robert C. Wolcott, Harvard Business Review, 23 Oct. 2024
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In fact, some advocacy organizations are crying foul, citing the danger of procrastinating and attributing the delay to the power of special interest groups.Mary Foley, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Slow (down or up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slow%20%28down%20or%20up%29. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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