- present participle of accelerate.
accelerating
Example Sentences
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If spreads keep accelerating and that stress starts moving from junk bonds into investment-grade credit, that yellow light gets a lot closer to red.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
"I think we're in this for six to 12 months. It does feel like it's spreading and accelerating," Weiser said.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Measurements of strain have increased and satellite radar reveals the cause: there’s a broad area of accelerating uplift of the ground.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
With measures of inflation once again accelerating, newly appointed Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh told reporters this past week that higher rates are once again necessary to combat inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Colonel Meecham watched as an F-8 lifted off an unseen airway, cleared the treeline, thundered eastward, accelerating and rising in a clean parabola.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
