accelerate
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By studying a much larger group of patients, they hope to uncover more of the rare genetic changes capable of producing aggressive cancer and accelerate the development of personalized treatments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Together, we can accelerate innovation across the grocery industry and make online grocery more seamless and affordable for the millions of households we serve,” Instacart CEO Chris Rogers said in Thursday’s press release.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
"Together, we can accelerate innovation across the grocery industry and make online grocery more seamless and affordable for the millions of households we serve," Instacart's chief executive said.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“Aperol needs to accelerate back towards double-digit levels so that growth can step up further,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Now if only I could accelerate forward and have Fig already on allergen-free food.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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The higher expected costs come as Nokia has increased the scale of some of its restructuring programs as it accelerates efforts to simplify its operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
"This accelerates all of our urgency to address climate resiliency on our coastline," he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The Silicon Valley Bank crisis of March 2023 offered a preview of what can happen when technology accelerates money: Tens of billions of dollars left one bank in a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A controlled human clinical trial will be needed to determine whether glucosamine directly accelerates Alzheimer's progression and, if so, which patients may be most vulnerable.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 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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A selloff in AI stocks accelerated after a fresh batch of quarterly results, with investors seeking a safe place to park their cash, pushing Treasury yields to multiweek lows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Regardless of which dataset or statistical method the researchers used, they found strong evidence that global warming has accelerated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Vantara's intake accelerated in 2019, and during the Covid-19 pandemic, when tourism stalled and zoos struggled.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
It won't be released on disc at launch, a move that's arguably accelerated the game industry's move towards digital-only games.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
By Livingston’s calculations, he had accelerated ionized hydrogen molecules, H2, twenty times over the course of ten complete circuits.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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The Taiwan-born businessman has advocated for the use of his company's chips in China, where Beijing has been accelerating development of its own semiconductors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Countries have recognised the main barrier to accelerating those efforts is money.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
“In our view, the share price reaction shows the market’s relief following several original equipment manufacturer comments that all pointed to accelerating cost pressure in late 2026.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
If the universe naturally evolves away from the behavior predicted by these conventional models, its accelerating expansion might not require a separate form of energy to explain it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Recent evidence suggests that not only are the galaxies of the universe racing away from us, but that they are doing so at a rate that is accelerating.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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