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accelerate

[ak-sel-uh-reyt] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt /


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SpaceX is using a new partnership with Nvidia to accelerate its plans for artificial-intelligence data centers in space — setting the stage for those to go into orbit as soon as next year.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

The recurring question for the US chipmaker is whether the AI boom will continue to accelerate as the technology takes over more corners of the broader economy.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

If present water use patterns do not change, groundwater depletion could accelerate further, increasing the threat to agricultural areas downstream that depend on these reserves.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

His articles often show the investments private-equity firms are making to accelerate and capitalize on the shift to clean energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

We are already used to the idea that if you accelerate, you change the way you move through space; you can speed up or slow down.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"This suggests APOE4 accelerates a process that resembles normal aging, and could explain why people with the gene variant are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease earlier in life," Huang says.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

But the prospect also carries environmental risks if increased traffic accelerates Arctic melting, with soot emissions that settle on the ice cap trapping heat from sunlight.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Bank of America analyst Justin Post is even more upbeat, writing that cloud growth could reach 70% in the second quarter as Google accelerates capacity expansion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Beyond all of these, is the questions over future European gas demand as the continent accelerates its transition to renewable energy.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

As the tempo accelerates, the penalty of a miscue—an oar touching the water a fraction of a second too early or too late, for instance—becomes ever more severe, the opportunity for disaster ever greater.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

While return procedures are accelerated, the government will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to those who seek asylum or are unaccompanied minors and therefore cannot be returned, he added.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

At CERN, atomic nuclei can be accelerated to nearly the speed of light and smashed together.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

The society said climate change has accelerated dramatically since some of the current habitat management guidance was written.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Ben Snider and team at Goldman Sachs have just published their latest Hedge Fund Trend Monitor, which shows an important driver in the stock market selloff that accelerated in July.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

And there's a blinking "ALERT" on the screen next to a block of text: The Earth's environment is currently bombarded by high-energy particles accelerated by a powerful solar eruption last night.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

The semiconductor company reported higher profit and revenue in its third quarter driven by accelerating demand for data center hardware and industrial chips.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Arsenal are accelerating their interest in Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

But the discovery that cosmic expansion was accelerating meant that model could no longer stand in its existing form.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Logistics operators’ efforts to automate more warehouses are accelerating as wages rise and consumer demand for speedy deliveries increases, the WSJ Logistics Report’s Liz Young writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Hence the greatly increased life expectancy brought by modern medicine may have contributed to the recently accelerating pace of invention.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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