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accelerate

[ak-sel-uh-rayt] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt /


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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

As deadlines for the ports’ clean-air goals are approaching, they are motivated to accelerate the transition to green vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Similarly with spaceships: no matter how much rocket power they have, they can’t accelerate beyond the speed of light.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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

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

My pulse accelerates to the beat of her unsteady heart rhythm and the slow chugging of her blood moving through her veins.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Household consumption accelerated a little in the quarter, having done some of the legwork in propping up the otherwise downcast French economy even after the war in Iran sent energy prices surging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Global warming has accelerated sharply over the past decade, with Earth heating up faster than at any point since modern temperature records began in 1880.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Walking between vehicles at his family company's showroom outside Damascus, Hamza Sukkar, 25, said electric car purchases had accelerated recently.

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

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

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

Exports from Asia’s fourth-largest economy rose 93.7% from a year earlier to $115.28 billion, accelerating from September’s revised 83.7% increase, according to preliminary data released by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Countries have recognised the main barrier to accelerating those efforts is money.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Mathematicians are raising a major challenge to one of modern cosmology's most widely accepted explanations: the idea that dark energy is driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

He then tapped his foot, like he was accelerating in a car, and said: "Piano."

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan


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