acceleration
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There is also worry among at least some Fed officials that any further policy easing could risk an acceleration in inflation, she said.
From MarketWatch
Biotech hedge funds rallied in the second half of the year thanks to an acceleration in merger activity and promising results from clinical drug trials.
Apart from that, the driveline is status quo ante, pretty much, with the logic-controlled mechanical center differential splitting torque between front and rear axles, in ratios determined by acceleration, deceleration, demand and available traction.
Similar surveys pointed to accelerations in India, Japan and Australia.
With Mendis as the fulcrum, Sri Lanka found 80 runs from the final 10 overs, an acceleration that would later prove beyond England.
From BBC
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