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The phrase "a third slower" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a reduction in speed or pace, often in comparison to a previous state or another object.
Example: "The new model is a third slower than the previous version, which affects its overall performance."
Alternatives: "one-third slower" or "33% slower".
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He says higher savings, plus a move away from leverage by businesses and money managers, means the U.S. economy will grow no more than 2% annually for years, a third slower than its 20-year average.
A focus on maximising performance per watt led Nvidia to take the unusual step of making the cores in its new Kepler architecture run about a third slower than their equivalents in its previous generation of chips.
This lead to him experimenting with camera moves and camera speeds, "taking it a little further than we had gone before, recording synch-sound at a third slower for a more monstrous effect.
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McArdle was a tenth of a second slower.
The next best split was almost a second slower.
Hamilton is still all but a second slower.
Had Riesch been two-hundredths of a second slower, the title would have gone to Vonn.
Mansell qualified in third place, albeit over a second slower than Senna.
A 10th of a second slower and Phelps is just another guy with seven gold medals.
"If you took a sled from 10 years ago, it would be more than half a second slower.
He ran on cinder tracks, which are considered a second slower per lap than synthetic surfaces.
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