acceleration
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Energy prices jumped by 12.5% from a year earlier, a dramatic acceleration from 0.5% in February.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
According to ISS, another eyebrow-raising element was that the vast majority of Zaslav’s estimated compensation — over 94% — was being derived by the automatic acceleration of stock vesting and the excise tax gross-up payment.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
“We are seeing a clear acceleration in demand for high-performance AI data center capacity, with hyperscalers as aggressive as we have ever seen them,” Applied Digital CEO Wes Cummins said in the earnings release.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
“The really fast acceleration of company growth is limited to a very narrow slice, a more narrow slice than it was in 2021.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
It pierced the aluminum floor of the cabin; there was a shrill yell, and the machine went rocketing up into the air with all the acceleration that its super-charger could give it.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Vocabulary lists containing acceleration
Automobiles
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Word Generation Science - Energy
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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