- past participle of accelerate.
- past tense form of accelerate.
accelerated
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Her timeline accelerated by more than a decade after a 2025 layoff and an unsuccessful job hunt.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
As the AI revolution has accelerated, OpenAI and Anthropic have focused on winning the commercial race to attract new customers by building more powerful versions of the technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
"The pandemic, the cost of living and the wars going on around the world accelerated that decision in New York, and that's where we are now with London," Friedman said.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Even so, the average decline in sea ice thickness and extent that accelerated during the 2000s appears to have paused for the time being.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The doctors found themselves standing in the backwash of the Buffalo as it accelerated to take off.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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