- present participle of accelerate.
accelerating
Example Sentences
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While acknowledging the oil crisis of 1973, and the fact unions were more powerful then, he said inflation didn’t stop accelerating.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
With advances in technology, insurers have been accelerating investments in telematics, data and artificial intelligence, including to better predict driver risk and set rates, according to insurer ratings agency A.M.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The private sector has repeatedly called for accelerating the implementation of AfCFTA, the continent-wide free trade area that could open up a market of nearly 1.5 billion consumers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Investors had worried that accelerating price increases would nudge policymakers at the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Week by week he could feel the accelerating advance of winter.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
