accelerate
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To regain trust, Evotec’s improving financial transparency needs to accelerate, including providing more detail on guidance assumptions, RBC says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The results demonstrated just how quickly citizen science can accelerate research.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Over the next few days, the continued hot and dry weather, coupled with strengthening winds and lower humidity, is expected to accelerate the drying of vegetation, increasing the risk for fires.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Micron also announced Thursday that it would accelerate its U.S. investments and increase its expected spending to over $250 billion through 2035, up from previous projections of $200 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Had he been pondering the question of how to accelerate particles for a long time, or did the concept that was to guide his life’s work occur to him on the spot?
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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"Post-traumatic osteoarthritis is driven in part by persistent inflammation that limits tissue repair and accelerates joint degeneration," Roy adds.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
When it’s almost time for the plant to open, the spadix — a conic protrusion from inside the plant — emerges and accelerates in growth, climbing up to six inches per day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Assuming shipping continues to normalise, July will show an improvement with August probably being the month where the pickup accelerates," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
“As demand for U.S. energy and utility infrastructure solutions accelerates, this transaction places CRH at the forefront of an immense growth opportunity,” Chief Executive Jim Mintern said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
One of them accelerates as it passes; a wheel dives into a water-filled pothole, spraying freezing muddy water over Salim’s pants and coat.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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If plans are accelerated, pipelines would cover 75% of the region’s oil exports by the end of 2028, the bank said in a note to clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
In testing, the new antenna strengthened signals from targeted tissues, increased spatial resolution, improved image sharpness, and accelerated data collection.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Volkswagen on Friday said that a slide in sales accelerated in the second quarter, as the crisis-hit German auto group reportedly considers cutting up to 100,000 jobs worldwide.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Moving patients with Alzheimer’s disease, he said, is associated with “behavioral destabilization, increased agitation, accelerated functional decline and a higher likelihood of acute care utilization.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The officers testified that the driver failed to use his turn signal and accelerated abruptly from a stop sign.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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By April 19, the tilt sensor measurements were accelerating at a rate that made scientists determine a collapse was imminent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Cathay’s 1H results could drive a full-year earnings upgrade, and accelerating fuel pass-through should sustain the earnings momentum in 2H, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The analysts forecast a boost in sales from Chinese memory chip makers and a potential for the company to raise prices if it continues accelerating updates to its tech.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The allies began accelerating investment in space, defense, quantum computing and payments systems—to build cloud networks, data centers and defense systems that could function without U.S. technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
In Jackson Park everyone became caught up in the accelerating pace of construction.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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