accelerate
Example Sentences
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They deliver powerful bursts of thrust that allow spacecraft to quickly accelerate, decelerate, climb, descend, or change position.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Ueda’s absence is unlikely to significantly change the bank’s rate decision, as policymakers, including the governor himself, have voiced growing concerns that higher oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict will accelerate underlying inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Climate Action Secretary Gillian Martin said that the government had to accelerate progress.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“This should really accelerate the production of new housing in Los Angeles and beyond.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The 184-inch synchrocyclotron was one of the few machines that could accelerate alpha particles to the energies required to produce them.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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