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 Campbell, John Wood