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The phrase "a slowdown by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a decrease in speed, activity, or progress caused by someone or something.
Example: "The report indicated a slowdown by the manufacturing sector due to supply chain issues."
Alternatives: "a decrease caused by" or "a reduction from".
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I later learned that a slowdown by United pilots had been disrupting flight schedules.
In recent weeks, the L.I.R.R. says there has been a slowdown by the unions, which the union has officially denied.
The government hopes to prod markets into a slowdown by toughening financing rules.In large, global cities there is another dimension to house-price movements.
But he and the sanitation commissioner, John J. Doherty, dismissed widespread speculation of a slowdown by plowing crews upset about cutbacks in their department.
Operational disruptions stemming from a slowdown by unionized mechanics, frustrated by the pace of contract talks, trimmed fourth-quarter revenue by about $200 million, UAL executives estimated.
But it forecasts a slowdown by the end of 2018, with user numbers growing that year by only 3.4% to around 46.4m, by which time 84.8% of mobile phone users will have one.
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This was confirmed by the participants who complained about a slowdown caused by the use of the ALMANACH.
The Bush administration is prepared to block a strike or a work slowdown by West Coast dockworkers should contract negotiations fail, Labor Department officials said today.
NVR, which builds in the mid-Atlantic states and the southern coastal areas down to South Carolina, shouldn't suffer if a slowdown occurs, by his reckoning.
A marketing slowdown by one company represents a decline in ad revenue at another.
With fewer filaments pushing, each filament also experiences a higher force, eventually leading to a network slowdown by the Brownian ratchet mechanism for capping rates rcap>3.5 s−1 (Figure 6B), which enhances the network shortening effect at these high capping rates.
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