Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, private sector demand for borrowing remains weak, so ANZ maintains its view that aggregate financing will slow by end-2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The central message is not that any trip will slow aging.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

The reason: the data center-exposed stocks are vulnerable to steep declines if one of the large internet or software companies signals it will slow down the growth of its investments in data centers.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The New York Fed said Monday that it will slow the central bank’s balance sheet expansion from a net $40 billion per month to $25 billion in Treasury bill purchases.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

“I’ll lash the two oars together across the stem and that will slow him in the night,” he said.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway