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Andres Abadia, chief Latin America economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said the fresh figures brought further evidence that inflation was decelerating rapidly thanks mainly to the effect of tax and the lagged impact from monetary tightening.

From Reuters • Sep. 27, 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

When combined with data from subsequent satellite missions, those inflated TOPEX/Poseidon numbers gave the appearance that sea level rise was decelerating, even as the global climate warmed.

From Science Magazine • May 11, 2015

Now it was decelerating with metal efficiency in the upper Martian atmospheres.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury