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accelerate

[ak-sel-uh-rayt] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt /


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These jets arise from the extreme conditions surrounding black holes, where powerful magnetic fields help accelerate material outward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

California’s $1-billion clean truck and bus subsidy program was designed to cut pollution and accelerate zero-emission sales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

On Thursday, Tesla said the Roadster was able to accelerate from a standstill to 60 miles an hour in less than a second.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Musk said the car was equipped with 10 nozzles and "ultra high-pressure air tanks" to propel itself into the air and accelerate quickly on the ground.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

From these, he gleaned that Widerde’s “general approach” was to accelerate ions on a straight line by delivering to them repeated kicks from a series of charged electrical gaps.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Meanwhile, as AI use accelerates, the world's most populous nation has rolled out incentives to attract big tech companies, including tax cuts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

A catalyst is a substance that accelerates a chemical reaction without being permanently changed in the process, Stylianou said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

A quarter-point rate hike from here would get the federal funds rate between 4% and 4.25%, what Kaplan says is in the neighborhood of the neutral rate that neither accelerates nor restricts the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

It runs for around 375 miles on a charge, accelerates from 0 to 60 miles an hour in 2.9 seconds and will sell in the U.K. at the equivalent of roughly $230,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Nah, man,” Grace says as she accelerates through a yellow light.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

It accelerated from 0 to 60 miles per hour in under a second, with Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk saying it will eventually be able to travel as fast as half the speed of sound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

In September, the consumer price index accelerated more than expected to 3.7% on a 12-month basis, from 3.4%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Aducanumab became the first drug of this type to receive accelerated approval from the FDA, although it is no longer sold.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

This "indicates conditions for corals are worsening significantly... not at all surprising given the accelerated warming and lack of abatement of global drivers of coral decline", said Obura.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

He is aware, without having to be told, that his father’s death has accelerated certain expectations, that by now his mother wants him settled.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

A regional breakdown showed that exports to the European Union surged 25.3% from a year earlier, accelerating from a 6.6% rise in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Temperatures in the Himalayan region are rising faster than the global average, accelerating glacier retreat and permafrost thaw and contributing to growing risks of landslides, rockfalls, avalanches and glacial lake outburst floods.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Inflation picked up pace on a month-on-month basis too, accelerating from 0.4 percent in August to 0.6 percent last month.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

“We’re entering our seasonally strongest fourth quarter with accelerating momentum, and a broad pipeline spanning whole portfolio, private markets, retirement, and our international platforms,” chairman and CEO Larry Fink said in a statement.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

He was twenty-four years old now and despite his accelerating mental decline was still employed by the Inter Ocean as a delivery contractor.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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