slowdown
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Whatever the case, the softness in hiring is glaringly evident in the slowdown in wage growth.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
In Hollywood, a slowdown in film production has prompted Disney, Sony, Amazon and other studios to announce layoffs, with the industry shedding roughly 57,000 jobs in four years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Days later, Amodei published a lengthy essay arguing that AI's mounting risks warranted a slowdown.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The latter suggests concerns about an economic slowdown.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The packinghouse foremen made it quite clear that the prior day’s riot did not merit any discussion or work slowdown.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
If slowdowns leave responsible developers with weaker technology, the result could be less safety, not more.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
They’ve repeatedly urged coordinated industrywide slowdowns in development but never acted upon them.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
The statistical results also identified a cluster of evolutionary slowdowns around 15 million years ago, which coincided with another major geological event.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Most critics have yet to share reviews of Iceman and Drake's two other new releases, but reports suggest that streaming services were hit with crashes and slowdowns as fans rushed to hear his new music.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Solution: investment in machinery that moved slaughtered livestock from one place to the next, eliminating slowdowns.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
