quickening

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Quickening inflation at home, rising interest rates abroad and a falling yen currency had pressured policymakers to shift and is feeding expectations that a rise in short-term rates will follow.

From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2023

The Quickening instead offers an exploration story that is also a literature of community, as attentive to the cooks and the marine techs as it is to the scientists whose work they support.

From Scientific American • Aug. 20, 2023

Quickening the pace cut game times through Tuesday by an average of 28 minutes compared to the average game time last season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Quickening occurred sometime between four and six months of pregnancy.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2022

Quickening my pace, I began to search, and in a few minutes I saw them, standing together and looking as sorrowful as the giants.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine