Example Sentences

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Slowdowns in deal-making, I.P.O.s, and corporate and mortgage lending are eating into banks’ bottom lines.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023

"Slowdowns and blocking are not something we want to apply in principle," Roskomnadzor's deputy head, Vadim Subbotin, told Interfax.

From Reuters • Dec. 6, 2021

Slowdowns only start occurring when I throw more graphics-intensive jobs at it in Photoshop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2016

Slowdowns in many advanced and emerging economies led to the downgraded global forecast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2016

Slowdowns also occur when workers phone in sick in large numbers, a ruse used over the past 18 months by Philadelphia street cleaners, San Antonio garbagemen and Des Moines firemen.

From Time Magazine Archive