Similar words: slow down, rowdy, crowd, slot, powder, slope, crowded, dislodge. Meaning: n. the act of slowing down or falling behind.
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1 There has been a sharp slowdown in economic growth.
2 The slowdown in domestic demand was offset by an increase in exports.
3 The economic slowdown has caused our sales to plateau.
4 The union threatened a slowdown if their demands were not met.
5 Any slowdown in the economy is going to be a drag on the President's re-election campaign.
6 But this can not fully explain the slowdown.
7 Most companies have been hurt by the economic slowdown.
8 The world's richest countries also showed a slowdown.
9 Not all companies are being hurt by the slowdown.
10 Market research at that time indicated a slowdown in the beef sales trend away from the butchers.
11 Worldwide premiums fell, mainly due to the slowdown in the property market, as much of the division's business is mortgage-related.
12 He also warned that a slowdown in money supply growth this summer could threaten the recovery at just the wrong moment.
13 Only 24 percent said the slowdown in building activity had freed up enough planners and inspectors to speed up processing time.
14 Does the evidence therefore suggest that the slowdown so far is much too abrupt?
15 A slowdown in investment may not hit growth for a while.
16 Shearson yesterday blamed the continued slowdown in market activity and excess capacity for the redundancies.
17 He cautioned, however(sentencedict.com), that a sharp slowdown would affect economic activity in California.
18 In recent years -- not withstanding a recession-induced slowdown in 1992 -- corporate spending on culture has experienced a small boom.
19 The recent slowdown in the US economy is likely to have a considerable impact on the rest of the world.
20 The Energy Department also sees a slowdown in economic growth after 2010, when baby boomers will start retiring.
21 With the abrupt economic slowdown, credit card companies expect more delinquencies and bankruptcies.
22 Recent reactor accidents have caused a marked slowdown in the installation of nuclear power stations.
23 It's impossible to assess how many officers are participating in the slowdown.
24 But falling morale ran deeper than the nation-wide economic slowdown.
25 Cisco spent most of the session in negative territory after the company warned it was feeling the effects of an economic slowdown.
26 But the soaring incomes of top executives are not the major issue in the great productivity slowdown.
27 As mentioned in the previous section,[www.Sentencedict.com] there are sound reasons for the slowdown in big-city population decline.
28 A string of economic figures published after the rate cut point to an economic slowdown.
29 Manufacturing has been one of the industries hardest hit in the nationwide economic slowdown.
30 In 1988, the 10-year budget flagged a shortfall looming about five years out, because of a slowdown in population growth.