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speed up

[speed-uhp] / ˈspidˌʌp /














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It seems some players have forgotten for this tournament that a five-second rule is being used for throw-ins to speed up the game.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

The IPO will speed up Brownsville’s shift, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

As the researchers note in the paper, pretraining can speed up inference, "but may also hinder learning new physics."

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

After the closing bell on Monday, it was announced that Intel is expanding its deal with Cadence Design Systems, a company which makes software and hardware that speed up the process of designing chips.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

He’d walk into a factory like the Zeiss works in Germany or the Pierce Arrow plant in this country and announce that he could speed up production by one-fourth.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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