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acceleration

[ak-sel-uh-rey-shuhn, ik-] / ækˌsɛl əˈreɪ ʃən, ɪk- /


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Lockheed Martin also plans to open an in-house Munitions Acceleration Center to teach its workers how to program robotic manufacturing systems and adapt to increasingly automated production lines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Carvalho had touted Ed as an artificial intelligence-enhanced student advisor that was to be a component of a unique Individual Acceleration Plan, or IAP, for every student.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

The 1950s also mark the onset of the "Great Acceleration", when the human population and its consumption patterns suddenly speeded up.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

He announced that the U.N. is launching a “Gender Equality Acceleration Plan” to support governments in designing and implementing policies and spending that respond to the needs of women and girls.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

Acceleration blackout had not been total; leaving Mars was even easier than leaving the surface of Earth for the orbits of the Stations.

From A Gift For Terra by Holden, Fox B.




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