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accelerate

[ak-sel-uh-reyt] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt /


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“If we announce something and we need to adjust it, accelerate it and make it a priority more than others, or defer or cancel it, we will without blinking,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Any serious solar geoengineering project is probably decades away, but perhaps that’s a good reason to accelerate development now.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

“PayPal sits at the center of this change, and I look forward to leading the team to accelerate the delivery of new innovations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He said full-year sales growth is expected to be 4% to 8% in fiscal 2026, then accelerate to 10% to 12% in fiscal 2027.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Their response pretty much across-the-board was to accelerate their rate of arrival, and to spread out as much as was humanly possible.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann