accelerate

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The dust could worsen if looming water cutbacks on the Colorado River accelerate the decline of the Salton Sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Morgan analyst Brian Essex was similarly optimistic about the collaboration, saying in a note that it would help accelerate the development of security platforms.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

It also plans to modernize its technology strategy and accelerate profitable growth as a separate public company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Aging grid infrastructure compounds the problem, as replacement cycles accelerate alongside new capacity needs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Thus, when you accelerate an object—when you subject it to any force, be it gravity or be it the push of a gigantic cosmic elephant—you change its motion through space and through time: through space-time.

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