"slow rapidly" is not a correct or usable phrase in written English.
It is a contradiction in terms, as "slow" means to decrease in speed while "rapidly" means to increase in speed. It would not make sense to use them together in a sentence. An example of this phrase could be: "The car slowed rapidly as it approached the stop sign." In this case, it would be more accurate to say "decelerated rapidly" or "came to a sudden stop."
The announcement was an attempt to slow rapidly ballooning bank credit that might overheat China's economy, economists and bankers said.
To avoid this, the Highways Agency has already introduced variable speed limits, slowing traffic to 40 or 50mph in order to allow the congestion ahead to clear, and to prevent drivers having to slow rapidly from 70mph.
Most national newspapers have seen their digital advertising slow rapidly, to single-digit increases, and while the Mail Online's relatively impressive performance helped the publisher limit its total revenue decline to just 4%, the digital operation will now fall short of its target of £100m in revenues this year – a target that quite recently seemed easily obtainable.
Hays posted a 24% rise in pre-tax profit to £60m for the six months to the end of December, but, like many of its rivals, has seen growth slow rapidly as confidence among clients to hire, and candidates to consider moving jobs, is dampened by economic uncertainty.
For several years now, physicists have used both lasers and magnetic fields to slow rapidly moving atoms or molecules in their tracks so that they can cool down and stay close together.
Growth of YouTube's net ad revenue in the U.S. is expected to slow rapidly over the next three years, the market research company EMarketer said in August.
Germany is slowing rapidly.
India's economy is slowing rapidly and confidence is fragile.
China, too, looks to be slowing rapidly, with demand for its exports drying up.
The biggest fear in wireless is that growth is slowing rapidly".
Its growth has slowed rapidly of late, and the market is still tiny compared with America.
