decelerate
verb (used with object)
to decrease the velocity of.
was decelerating
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past progressiveof decelerate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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By measuring how strongly the expansion was decelerating, researchers hoped to determine how much matter was actually out there.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The numbers for the quarter ended December played on tech investors' fears that growth in the cloud business - among the strongest in tech industry segments - was decelerating.
From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2022
The other baby was still, and his heart rate was decelerating rapidly.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
Its cause was decelerating “total factor productivity”—the residual that determines GDP after labour and capital have been accounted for.
From Economist ● Jan. 11, 2018
Now it was decelerating with metal efficiency in the upper Martian atmospheres.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
