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speed up

[speed-uhp] / ˈspidˌʌp /














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Barbara Kollmeyer interviewed Max Kettner, the chief multiasset strategist at HSBC, who advised investors chasing the AI trade to speed up their reaction time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

This powerful imaging method has transformed the study of protein structures and helped speed up drug discovery over the past decade.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

AI analysis can also speed up military innovation, while autonomous systems offer an asymmetric advantage that can offset manpower disadvantages or compound manpower advantages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Just last week he complained again: "We really are going to have to try and speed up some of the answers."

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

And although her nanites could be programmed to speed up her metabolism, her mother wouldn’t hear of it.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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