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acceleration

[ak-sel-uh-rey-shuhn, ik-] / ækˌsɛl əˈreɪ ʃən, ɪk- /


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Combining his pace with control is not easy, but Toure has worked hard on providing an end product to go with his acceleration.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

“Market’s attention has already shifted to the future pace of rate hikes, which is likely to help stoke investor concerns about an acceleration of tightening,” the strategists add.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Though Anthropic is facing chip constraints and slower enterprise adoption of its technology, Klein said the acceleration in its revenue growth is the key for investors.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Scientists currently attribute that acceleration to dark energy, a phenomenon whose underlying nature remains poorly understood.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

That the velocity of a falling body equals the acceleration due to gravity multiplied by the time of the fall in seconds.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The satellite measurements also revealed wave-like accelerations and rapidly shifting flow structures that could have been difficult to detect in noisier datasets.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

For aging relatives who are still driving, family members can receive reports of sudden stops or fast accelerations as well as a notification of a crash.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

On a Thursday morning in June for example, the car had been driven 7.33 miles in 18 minutes; there had been two rapid accelerations and two incidents of hard braking.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2024

Some of Dr Wyss-Coray's earlier work suggests the biological ageing process is not steady but comes in bursts, with some rapid accelerations in people's mid-30s, early-60s and late-70s.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2023

We are comfortable with accelerations of 1 g; we have grown up with 1 g.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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