accelerate
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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
Brent crude oil prices slipped around 0.3% but held above $105 a barrel as traders weighed plans from the International Energy Agency to accelerate the release of around 100 million barrels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
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
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As AI use accelerates, construction of power-hungry data centres is booming worldwide, especially in Asia.
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
“Slowing wage growth even as inflation accelerates is a sign that workers are having a hard time moving up to better-paying jobs, even if outright unemployment is low,” Adams of Fifth Third said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Scientists warn the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events will increase as global warming accelerates because of fossil fuel emissions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 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
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They found that the hormone accelerated stem cell differentiation, suggesting that at least part of the mechanism observed in mice may also operate in humans.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
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
Nasdaq futures dropped sharply as a global rout in stocks linked to artificial-intelligence accelerated, while Treasurys strengthened as investors bid a hasty retreat from risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Suddenly the engine accelerated, the wing flaps pressed down, and the craft climbed, banked, and sailed down the river like a migrating bird.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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Momentum-chasing strategies that bid up the fastest-rising stocks and sell when prices fall likely contributed to the accelerating selloff Wednesday afternoon, said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Wealth Management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Burnham told Zelensky that Britain "would forever stand by you" and that he was accelerating the delivery of air defences to Ukraine.
From BBC ● 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
EBay stock advances as Morgan Stanley says the company’s live-shopping business is accelerating growth.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
As soon as Lord Asriel had joined them, the train began to move, gliding smoothly away from the platform and into a tunnel, accelerating briskly.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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