quicken
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Healthcare can use AI to cut costs and quicken innovation, says Shivani Vohra, a portfolio manager at San Francisco–based Parnassus Investments, which manages $45 billion.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Economists had been expecting the pace of inflation to quicken to 2.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Inflation data are already showing elevated price pressures in the world’s biggest economy, and surging oil prices will only quicken the pace over the coming months.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
The reopening has begun, and this should quicken the pace for a potential December rate cut, which is now seen as essentially a 50-50 tossup according to the FedWatch tool provided by CME.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025
As soon as he turned down Burman Street, Bryson could hear their feet quicken, hear the footfalls on the pavement speed up like rain going from drizzle to downpour.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
Vocabulary lists containing quicken
Scrabble: Words that Begin with Q
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 9
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