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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

Benefit costs, especially health-insurance plans, will accelerate meaningfully next year, Moody said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

As global challenges in the auto industry intensify, Volkswagen has pledged to accelerate efforts cut its cost base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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's chief executive said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

At the end of the first block, the traffic light turns green and all the cars accelerate at once.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

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

“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

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

“Nah, man,” Grace says as she accelerates through a yellow light.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

In the Philippines, headline inflation likely accelerated to 8.4% in October from 7.2% in September, according to ANZ Research.

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

From the end of 2020 prosecutions under the law restarted and accelerated.

From BBC ● 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

Dear Diary, Ever since elementary school I’ve been in accelerated classes.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Headline and core inflation have exceeded the central bank’s forecasts, while accelerating wages and higher energy and food prices point to further price pressures, ING analysts said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The personal-consumption expenditures price index rose 3.6% in September, accelerating from August’s 3.4% gain and compared with a 3.7% consensus expectation from The Wall Street Journal’s poll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Hmm. When does it happen? When accelerating? Braking?”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas


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