acceleration
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Combining his pace with control is not easy, but Toure has worked hard on providing an end product to go with his acceleration.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Market’s attention has already shifted to the future pace of rate hikes, which is likely to help stoke investor concerns about an acceleration of tightening,” the strategists add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Scientists currently attribute that acceleration to dark energy, a phenomenon whose underlying nature remains poorly understood.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
This unusual cusp location has important consequences for models of magnetic reconnection, the acceleration of high-energy particles, and Saturn's intense auroral activity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Harry shouldered the Firebolt and he and Ron walked out of the shadowy stadium, discussing the Firebolt’s superbly smooth action, its phenomenal acceleration, and its pinpoint turning.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
The satellite measurements also revealed wave-like accelerations and rapidly shifting flow structures that could have been difficult to detect in noisier datasets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Similar surveys pointed to accelerations in India, Japan and Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
On a Thursday morning in June for example, the car had been driven 7.33 miles in 18 minutes; there had been two rapid accelerations and two incidents of hard braking.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Some of Dr Wyss-Coray's earlier work suggests the biological ageing process is not steady but comes in bursts, with some rapid accelerations in people's mid-30s, early-60s and late-70s.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
We are comfortable with accelerations of 1 g; we have grown up with 1 g.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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