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accelerate

[ak-sel-uh-rayt] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt /


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By studying a much larger group of patients, they hope to uncover more of the rare genetic changes capable of producing aggressive cancer and accelerate the development of personalized treatments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

She said the attack would likely accelerate scrutiny of how the sector protects both its infrastructure and its customers.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Together, we can accelerate innovation across the grocery industry and make online grocery more seamless and affordable for the millions of households we serve,” Instacart CEO Chris Rogers said in Thursday’s press release.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The company’s cloud business growth continued to accelerate, contributing to a higher profit and easing jitters over potential returns from the AI build-out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The theory of relativity says that the rocket power needed to accelerate a spaceship gets greater and greater the nearer it gets to the speed of light.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

As AI use accelerates, construction of power-hungry data centres is booming worldwide, especially in Asia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 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

The Silicon Valley Bank crisis of March 2023 offered a preview of what can happen when technology accelerates money: Tens of billions of dollars left one bank in a day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

A controlled human clinical trial will be needed to determine whether glucosamine directly accelerates Alzheimer's progression and, if so, which patients may be most vulnerable.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Today, the number two train accelerates to over 40 miles an hour as it rumbles toward the Chambers Street express stop.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

A selloff in AI stocks accelerated after a fresh batch of quarterly results, with investors seeking a safe place to park their cash, pushing Treasury yields to multiweek lows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Global warming has accelerated sharply over the past decade, with Earth heating up faster than at any point since modern temperature records began in 1880.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The decline came as inflation accelerated to 3.4 percent on an annualised basis in October from 3.1 percent in September, the fastest rate since January 2024, Insee said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

It won't be released on disc at launch, a move that's arguably accelerated the game industry's move towards digital-only games.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Their raft surged forward, and he grabbed for balance as they accelerated.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Taiwan-born businessman has advocated for the use of his company's chips in China, where Beijing has been accelerating development of its own semiconductors.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Exports from Asia’s fourth-largest economy rose 93.7% from a year earlier to $115.28 billion, accelerating from September’s revised 83.7% increase, according to preliminary data released by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Countries have recognised the main barrier to accelerating those efforts is money.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Treasury yields fell after a batch of U.S. indicators pointed to robust growth and accelerating inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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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