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Do leading chip makers such as Advanced Micro Devices and Micron Technology deserve to lose more than one-sixth of their market value in a few hours because data-center construction might slow down?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
He had offered Craig Casey a chance to impress at scrum-half as first-choice Jamison Gibson-Park returns to full fitness, and he impressed after a slow start.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
“It won’t change the overall endgame — just the pace will likely slow a bit,” Oliver Chambers, a senior portfolio manager at Clark Capital, said Friday about AI debt supply and the election results.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
However, researchers have also been investigating its potential to slow biological aging and protect the brain.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
As long as everyone involved talked slow, careful.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“It doesn’t have lots and lots of meteors, but sometimes it gets some of the bigger and slower and more interesting ones,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Falling temperatures and slower winds trap pollutants close to the ground instead of allowing them to disperse.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Thursday’s stock pressure is especially pronounced for companies likely to be impacted by a slower data-center buildout in the U.S., according to Thomas Martin, a portfolio manager at Globalt Investments.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Investors may be pricing in slower construction or fewer projects, Ooi says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
“You’re slower than tar running uphill,” he’d told me a dozen times.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Worker pay is increasing at the slowest rate since before the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Private wages rose just 3.1% in the third quarter from a year earlier, the slowest in five years, the Labor Department reported last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
American workers are being slammed by higher prices, with new data from the Labor Department showing wages rose at the slowest pace in over five years during the third quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Netflix reported its slowest revenue growth in years and said it was working to spur more viewing time as it cuts staff and overhauls its leadership team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Master drove slowly because of the crowds and road blocks, but slowest when they got to Milliken Hill.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Financing could be the ultimate crunch that slows things down.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The streamer and children’s videogame platform are both battling similar problems as user engagement slows.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
He believes that when certain projects require the participation of multiple bureaus, there can be a silo effect that slows progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Under normal operating conditions, the graphite moderator slows fast neutrons, helping sustain the nuclear chain reaction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
My dad slows his truck to a stop in front of my school.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
Construction of new buildings has slowed more recently, and some companies have started to take on additional space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Construction has begun on a $200-million apartment complex in Culver City at a time when housing development in much of Los Angeles County has slowed in spite of strong demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Japanese gaming giant Nintendo reported a drop in quarterly net profit on Thursday as unit sales slowed for its Switch 2 console, but maintained its annual forecasts.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
They want less of the bureaucracy that has slowed down rebuilding in the Palisades and made running a small business more of a punishment than a reward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Out of curiosity, he slowed down and listened extra hard.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
These findings suggest that the gel could eventually offer a way to restore the strength and protective function of damaged enamel rather than simply slowing further deterioration.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
It is heading for 0.7%, the Bank said, between July and September, before slowing in the three months to the end of the year.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Both said last month that they expect Britain's economy to have grown this year before slowing in 2027.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Shares in Apple declined nearly 2% on Tuesday after investors were left feeling disappointed about the company’s gross margin outlook and slowing services revenue growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
“I looked at this place about a month ago,” he said, slowing as we approached a white farmhouse on a hill, forlorn bales of hay dotting the snowy pasture.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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