How to Use slowdown in a Sentence

slowdown

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  • The business had a slowdown after the holidays.
  • That slowdown hasn’t meant much in the rental market, though.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Surging rates have been the main cause of the sharp slowdown in the housing market.
    — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The performance marked a slowdown from healthy GDP gains of 3.2% in the third quarter and 2.6% the final three months of the year.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And now the slowdown in service that just hasn’t been addressed.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
  • One reason for the fundraising slowdown was the lack of mergers last year.
    — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
  • At least the Times and Reuters aren’t affected by the current slowdown.
    — Simon Hurtz, The Verge, 15 Sep. 2023
  • But that slowdown in sales hasn't stopped home prices from climbing.
    — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The luxury slowdown has hurt Kering in the past few months.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The prices increases last month marked a slowdown from the 3.3% rate recorded in May.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 July 2024
  • The slowdown did not originate with the work stoppages of 2023.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • Beyond the layoffs, Best Buy has been pulling back across the board in response to sales slowdowns.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 11 June 2024
  • The trend continues a slowdown that has been a couple years in the making.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The slowdown would smooth out the city’s annual pension payments over the next two decades.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • In recent months, the economy has shown signs of a slowdown.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 May 2024
  • The data marked a slowdown from 2.6% growth in the previous quarter.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 May 2023
  • The challenge, at least in the short term, is dealing with the demand slowdown at Disney theme parks.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
  • More drivers will also need to switch to EVs and reverse the recent slowdown in sales.
    — Josh Boak, Fortune, 26 May 2024
  • At the end of 2023, the economy appeared to be headed for a benign slowdown.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Biotech execs worry this could lead to a slowdown in new medicines within the next few years if things don’t turn around soon.
    — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The slowdown has not so far improved U.S. adults' feelings about the economy.
    — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Despite the slowdown in monthly growth, the size of Texas’ labor force and the number of people employed in the state still broke records last month, the TWC said.
    — Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • After the Fourth holidays are over, don’t expect much of a slowdown the rest of July.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
  • The economy could still be in for a big slowdown as the full impact of the Fed’s higher borrowing costs is felt.
    — Ben Casselman, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The overall effect will be a slowdown in the rate that people will demand rooftop solar.
    — Julie Cart, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Gas prices reflect the steady rise in oil costs since June and a slowdown at refineries as record heat bakes portions of the nation.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The hope on Wall Street is actually for a slowdown in the U.S. economy’s growth.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
  • There are also reasons to believe a slowdown is far off.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The drop in new home sales is yet another sign of the slowdown that the once-booming Texas housing market is currently experiencing.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
  • On Thursday’s earnings call, chief digital officer Michael Nash pointed to a slowdown in advertising growth on streaming services as a primary cause for the decline.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024

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