decelerate
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Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth was encouraged by Meta’s increased advertising revenue, although he expects sales growth to decelerate throughout the year and sees a more “challenging” path to returns outside of advertising.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
"You just decelerate so much before corners," Norris said.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
The company expects growth to decelerate further in the current first quarter, projecting growth between 11% and 14%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Elastic raised its forecast for full-year revenue, but its call implied growth in cloud will decelerate further in the third quarter, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Thomas Blakey said in a research note.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
In Darwin's scheme, the rate of change of an organism was generally fixed, while the rate of natural selection could be amplified to accelerate evolution or dampened to decelerate it.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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