acceleration
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Brous said the company saw strength across all geographies, including an acceleration in its core North America business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Looking ahead: “U.S. manufacturing gained momentum in October, led by a sharp acceleration in production and sturdy new orders,” senior economist Priscilla Thiagamoorthy of BMO Capital Markets wrote in a note.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
"The instability of all Friedmann spacetimes to accelerated expansion suggests a simpler, more natural explanation for the acceleration of the universe than dark energy," he said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
That strong growth was driven by an acceleration in investment, and strong consumer spending.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
No longer contending with the deadweight of the first stage, the acceleration was profound.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
The satellite measurements also revealed wave-like accelerations and rapidly shifting flow structures that could have been difficult to detect in noisier datasets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
For aging relatives who are still driving, family members can receive reports of sudden stops or fast accelerations as well as a notification of a crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
It included the dates of 640 trips, their start and end times, the distance driven and an accounting of any speeding, hard braking or sharp accelerations.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Some of Dr Wyss-Coray's earlier work suggests the biological ageing process is not steady but comes in bursts, with some rapid accelerations in people's mid-30s, early-60s and late-70s.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
Under extremely strong gravitational accelerations, even light is affected.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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