decelerate
verb (used with object)
to decrease the velocity of.
were 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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The Bank of Canada sets interest rates to achieve and maintain 2% inflation, and, prior to the conflict in Iran, data indicated that increases in headline and core prices were decelerating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Also on Tuesday, the government reported that U.S. retail sales were decelerating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
If the universe were decelerating, we would expect the far-away supernovae to be brighter than expected.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
They were decelerating rapidly, and soon their momentum had been reduced to less than four miles a second.
From Islands of Space by John Wood Campbell
