- present tense form of accelerate (3rd person singular).
accelerates
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Australian airline Qantas said Tuesday it will cut 850 jobs as it shifts some corporate functions to India and accelerates the use of artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
The higher expected costs come as Nokia has increased the scale of some of its restructuring programs as it accelerates efforts to simplify its operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Slowing wage growth even as inflation accelerates is a sign that workers are having a hard time moving up to better-paying jobs, even if outright unemployment is low,” Adams of Fifth Third said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Scientists warn the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events will increase as global warming accelerates because of fossil fuel emissions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
As the tempo accelerates, the penalty of a miscue—an oar touching the water a fraction of a second too early or too late, for instance—becomes ever more severe, the opportunity for disaster ever greater.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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