slow down
- bog down v.
- brake v.
- catch one's breath v.
- check v.
- cumber v.
- decrease v.
- detain v.
- drag v.
- encumber v.
- hamper v.
- hold up v.
- impede v.
- laze v.
- lessen v.
- let up v.
- loaf v.
- mire v.
- obstruct v.
- peter out v.
- reduce v.
- rein v.
- relax v.
- retard v.
- set back v.
- slack/slacken v.
- stall v.
- strike v.
- unwind v.
- weaken v.
Example Sentences
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Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck examine the complicated reality of trying to slow down the A.I. frontier.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei has called on the world’s leading artificial-intelligence labs to slow down development and asked Washington to grant an antitrust exemption so they can coordinate on safety without being treated as a cartel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The head of AI company Anthropic has called for the pace of development of artificial intelligence models to slow down and to be closely monitored, and other AI leaders have joined him.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Some investors have worried that if Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies slow down their training of large language models, they will need to spend less on hardware and infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Duane averted what might have been a terrible crash, but the thrilling ride didn’t slow down.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
