- present participle of accelerate.
accelerating
Example Sentences
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The accelerating increase in health-insurance costs—and workers’ expenses—is fueled by a variety of factors, according to benefits consultants and insurers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
So would accelerating the process of detecting and removing old munitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Arsenal are accelerating their interest in Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the discovery that cosmic expansion was accelerating meant that model could no longer stand in its existing form.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The ion particles would fall out of phase, they said, or would crash into the walls of the accelerating chamber, or would collide with stray air molecules in their way.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
