Examples of slowdown in a Sentence
The business had a slowdown after the holidays.
disease experts are encouraged by the recent slowdown in the spread of the virus
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In its half-year results, released last week, French rival Lagardère Travel Retail also noted that the air traffic slowdown in the U.S. had negatively impacted revenue there by 1%.
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Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
To be sure, with the Club having a position in both companies, Azure’s recent acceleration is encouraging — and at the same time, concerns about the slowdown in AWS’s growth rate are overblown.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Despite the slowdown in hiring, wages continue to climb.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
Previous sales slowdowns have prompted pressure to slash operations at P&G. During P&G’s last spate of reorganization and cutbacks, the company cut 34,000 jobs between 2012 and 2018, slimming the company down to 92,000 workers worldwide.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 31 July 2025
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Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
To be sure, with the Club having a position in both companies, Azure’s recent acceleration is encouraging — and at the same time, concerns about the slowdown in AWS’s growth rate are overblown.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Despite the slowdown in hiring, wages continue to climb.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
Previous sales slowdowns have prompted pressure to slash operations at P&G. During P&G’s last spate of reorganization and cutbacks, the company cut 34,000 jobs between 2012 and 2018, slimming the company down to 92,000 workers worldwide.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 31 July 2025
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“Slowdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slowdown. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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slowdown
noun
slow·down
ˈslō-ˌdau̇n 
: a slowing down
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slowdown
noun
slow·down
ˈslō-ˌdau̇n
: a slowing down of business operations by employees
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