quicken
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Adobe tried to assuage some concerns last week when it released an AI agent platform called CX Enterprise, which is designed to help companies boost sales, improve customer experience, and quicken time-intensive tasks.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
However, exchange rates are a critical factor, and should yen weakness quicken during the January-March period, this timing could be brought forward, Citi adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
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
It could also quicken the pace of Bruins basketball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
Which hits me a little and I quicken my step.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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Game shipments are likely to rise around 10% next fiscal year, given user engagement typically quickens in the second year of a console cycle, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
The shot is already marketed in the U.S. and requires two doses over one month, which quickens seroprotection compared to hepatitis B vaccines that are delivered in three doses over six months.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
He warns her about the drone, and she quickens her pace.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
As the beat picks up, the dancer quickens their steps to a jog — but seemingly slips on stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
"When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When my womb quickens again, and I bear a living child. Then you will return, my sun-and-stars, and not before."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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PCE inflation, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure, quickened to 3.5% in March, the highest in nearly three years.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
Although his speech set a record for length, these moments quickened the pace of the evening and fit with the president's larger theme of American patriotism and accomplishment.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Renée quickened her pace and approached the woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
About 35 minutes in, Lamphere’s vitals started spiking; her heart rate quickened, she grew hot, her pupils dilated, she began grinding her teeth.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
Her turquoise eyes glittered as she stared at his hand, and his heart quickened when her gaze rose to his face.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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The Los Angeles River was still pretty much what it had been for eons: a wandering river of the West, often nothing more than damp wetlands in summer, but quickening into rushwaters in winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yen weakness is great for tourists and Japanese exporters, but painful for households facing quickening inflation on imported goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Those moves are instructive given the quickening inflation environment that has gripped markets since the U.S. war with Iran stoked global crude prices to the highest levels in four years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
"My pulse was quickening as I was unwrapping the bubble," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Smoke strains her lungs, deepening, quickening her gasps.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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