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accelerate

[ak-sel-uh-rayt] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt /


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The strongest responses were associated with vigorous sports that repeatedly require players to accelerate, change direction, turn, and make powerful movements.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

As glaciers continue to melt and oceans expand, average sea levels are expected to keep climbing and potentially accelerate.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Though industry veterans can leverage AI to accelerate their already-established workflows, what about the writers who are just starting out?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

COP31 host Turkey is championing a voluntary initiative to accelerate the electrification of transport, buildings and industry, with a target of raising electricity's share of global energy consumption to 35 percent by 2035.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

The theory of relativity says that the rocket power needed to accelerate a spaceship gets greater and greater the nearer it gets to the speed of light.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Morgan Stanley has kept its winter average price forecast at 90 euros a megawatt-hour but says risks remain tilted to the upside, particularly if colder weather accelerates storage withdrawals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

As AI use accelerates, construction of power-hungry data centres is booming worldwide, especially in Asia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

A catalyst is a substance that accelerates a chemical reaction without being permanently changed in the process, Stylianou said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

One of them accelerates as it passes; a wheel dives into a water-filled pothole, spraying freezing muddy water over Salim’s pants and coat.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

The resulting UV pulse strikes a cathode, releasing a cluster of electrons that is accelerated and manipulated to generate powerful X-ray pulses.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Consumer price data due Friday are expected to show inflation accelerated in October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The report said that, while these companies were growing around 8% per year on average before the advent of ChatGPT, the pace has since accelerated to 12%.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

She said adoption accelerated over the past two years as government subsidies, improving vehicle quality and falling operating costs combined to make ownership more attractive.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

The government’s engine of bureaucracy accelerated slowly, however, and although the Justice Department decided to make its move against him, it took time and approvals to decide when and where an arrest could be made.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Although the trial did not establish whether the program prevents osteoarthritis over the long term, it demonstrated that supervised exercise can improve knee health without accelerating the cartilage damage or early osteoarthritis researchers were monitoring.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

However, Wood and his quant colleague Desh Peramunetilleke observe a “dissonance” between the accelerating returns and the declining investment.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

One venture capitalist told AFP that the fallout from Huang's infidelities was accelerating a correction that had already been underway.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Between July and September, the economy expanded by 0.7%, accelerating from the three months previously, official figures show.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

In fact, the equivalence between gravitational forces and the forces we would feel in an accelerating spaceship is a major feature of Einstein’s later general theory of relativity.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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