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accelerator

[ak-sel-uh-rey-ter] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
machine for giving charged particles high velocity
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But the company’s GPU business remains “in a holding pattern” as customers await the launch of the MI455 accelerator later this year.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Musk donated to OpenAI indirectly through the Musk Foundation, his private charitable foundation, first to a nonprofit arm of startup accelerator Y Combinator and then through a donor-advised fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Having the lower limit means drivers are forced to do more 'lift and coast' - when they lift off the accelerator and let the car run before braking for a corner.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“It would be like driving with one foot on the accelerator and one on the brake—not good,” she added.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

As soon as he was clear of the Customs booth, however, he stomped a tasseled loafer down on the accelerator and the squealing Cadillac rocketed away.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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