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Traditional companies will encourage hierarchical communication that slows down information flow, and results in slower decisions.
We're cutting corners, and every time we cut corners, more places get infected that shouldn't have, and it just slows us down.
That, much as the gravitational pull of the Earth slows the ascent of an apple tossed upward, the gravitational pull of each galaxy on every other must be slowing the expansion of space.
But if growth slows down, instead of doubling our standard of living every generation, Americans in the future can't expect to be twice as well off as their parents, or even a quarter [more well off than] their parents.
Our brain’s primary source of energy is cerebral glucose, and in healthy sleep, our metabolism slows to conserve this glucose for waking hours.
When the person in front of me slows down.
And so I'm watching him, and he slows down, and finally he stops.
Time slows down.
The folds' increased mass slows their vibrations, resulting in deeper voices.
Every one of you knows that the rate of change slows over the human lifespan, that your children seem to change by the minute but your parents seem to change by the year.
It's not a showstopper but it certainly slows it down.
"This Dark Hour" Late summer, 4 A.M. The rain slows to a stop, dripping still from the broad leaves of blue hostas unseen in the garden's dark.
Fresh fruits actually contain fructose, but it's naturally occurring and doesn't cause an overload because the fiber in fruit slows its absorption.
The wave's speed slows down, while its height rises to as much as 100 feet.
In response, cells grow listless and metabolism slows.
Your brain requires both of those things to remain alert, so your concentration levels will most likely dip as your brain activity slows.
Whereas the dehydrated brain amps up the production of antidiuretic hormone, the over-hydrated brain slows, or even stops, releasing it into the blood.
Intercellular communication also slows, ultimately undermining the body's functional ability.
But as we age, this process slows down.
Complexity: if you spend enough time doing something, time slows down or your skill increases, so your perceptions change.
An aging neutron star’s furious rotation slows over a period of billions of years as it radiates away its energy in the form of electromagnetic and gravity waves.
So the expansion slows down with time.
The fiber fills you up before you get too many calories and it slows the absorption, so you don't get that rapid rise in blood sugar.
Upon surfacing, this air will be used to re-inflate the lungs, but for now their heart slows down to preserve oxygen.
Now, when the wind pushes clusters together, like repels like and slows them down as they collide.
But heroin, a depressant, slows breathing— reducing the body’s oxygen supply just when it needs more.
Do you know what slows it down?
Too much stock footage (almost one third of this 53 minute film) really slows this one down.
The latter half of the movie slows down slightly, but has no depth or feeling.
This slows the pace considerably.
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