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acceleration

[ak-sel-uh-ray-shuhn, ik-] / ækˌsɛl əˈreɪ ʃən, ɪk- /


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“We are of the scale and financial profile, with our profitability and our acceleration, that I think that we make an attractive candidate for a public company,” Faugno said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

A feature of Brook's knock was his measured acceleration.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

After several difficult years marked by near-stagnant revenue, eBay returned to growth in 2025 and saw an acceleration in the first half of this year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

But most importantly, in Musk’s eyes, at least, the car can be equipped with SpaceX-designed gas thrusters that boost acceleration and, yes, produce bursts of flight.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Back on track with full acceleration," Johanssen said.

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

We are comfortable with accelerations of 1 g; we have grown up with 1 g.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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