Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowing (down)
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Anthropic's showdown with the Pentagon this year left OpenAI looking like the bad guy, and just this week Bloomberg reported that demand is weakening for private shares of OpenAI in the secondary market.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026 -
But those safeguards appear to be weakening.—
Jennifer Elias,Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 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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Storms may organize along frontal boundaries, continuing into the evening before tapering off.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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The security line situation could be tapering off.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Notes from school nurses flagging that a child failed a vision screening may also get lost in a backpack on the way home, educators say.—
Kristen Hwang,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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Those rules are then enforced automatically, flagging new code that violates them.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Slowing (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowing%20%28down%29. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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