- present tense form of accelerate (3rd person singular).
accelerates
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Meanwhile, as AI use accelerates, the world's most populous nation has rolled out incentives to attract big tech companies, including tax cuts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
The Silicon Valley Bank crisis of March 2023 offered a preview of what can happen when technology accelerates money: Tens of billions of dollars left one bank in a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A controlled human clinical trial will be needed to determine whether glucosamine directly accelerates Alzheimer's progression and, if so, which patients may be most vulnerable.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
A quarter-point rate hike from here would get the federal funds rate between 4% and 4.25%, what Kaplan says is in the neighborhood of the neutral rate that neither accelerates nor restricts the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
For Saturn as for Jupiter, the magnetic field captures and accelerates the charged particles of the solar wind.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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