accelerate
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Adyen shares fell 11% in early European trading after the company abandoned its midterm profitability target to accelerate investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
He also explained that the findings could help accelerate the commercial development of high-energy anode-free batteries.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
He also wants to accelerate major mining projects focused on critical minerals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Anthropic described its AI’s potential to accelerate scientific discovery and create economic growth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
We are already used to the idea that if you accelerate, you change the way you move through space; you can speed up or slow down.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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For the Bank of Japan, the key lies in whether wage growth momentum accelerates further, and if it continues and spreads across the economy, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
"Illness acts as a crossroads in a pontificate -- it either accelerates its momentum or diminishes its power," Vatican watcher Giacomo Galeazzi wrote in La Stampa daily on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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
“Slowing wage growth even as inflation accelerates is a sign that workers are having a hard time moving up to better-paying jobs, even if outright unemployment is low,” Adams of Fifth Third said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 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
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Chief Executive Jim Currier said accelerated investments across the business have helped deliver greater output and better service for customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Many car buyers have been taking out longer-term loans to make their monthly payments more affordable, as car prices have accelerated since the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Jacquet could easily have been wearing blue had Liverpool not accelerated their push for him in January,
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Conditions became even more unfavorable between May and September 2026, when persistent heat and dry weather accelerated ice loss, even at the highest elevations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
In the third grade, after receiving a high score on a standardized achievement test, Chris was placed in an accelerated program for gifted students.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Chief financial officer Park Soon-cheol told an earnings call the company expects "unprecedented growth in memory demand in 2027, driven by accelerating competition to build AI infrastructure and the expansion of personal AI agents".
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
“It’s accelerating something that was already on the way of happening and then it makes the situation worse,” said John-Patrick M. Fritz, a partner at an L.A.-based law firm that handles small-business bankruptcy cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Decades of scientific progress could be condensed into years, accelerating drug discovery, disease detection, and the delivery of personalized therapy.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Institutional heavyweights like hedge funds are accelerating the trend.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Auk XX zipped up the launch pole, accelerating a hundred feet in an instant, climbing to two hundred feet, three hundred feet, hurtling vigorously toward the blue spring sky.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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