Example Sentences

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U.S. wage growth has been decelerating, to the point that it is now back to levels from late last decade, DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas says.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

And the week-on-week decrease has been decelerating for nine days.

From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2022

In this case, we would say the universe has been decelerating since the beginning.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Unfortunately for Twitter, growth in owned-and-operated ad revenue has been decelerating more quickly than total ad revenue, coming in at 23% in the first quarter, versus 37% growth for total ad revenue, according to MoffettNathanson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2016

“In the last few weeks, the pace of increase has been decelerating, particularly in the case of older tall trees,” he said.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 13, 2011