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accelerator

[ak-sel-uh-rey-ter] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
machine for giving charged particles high velocity
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Sameera Fazili is a senior fellow at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The plot also includes an invention called the Situational Accelerator.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Broadcom said it would deliver technology-supporting Meta Training and Inference Accelerator chips, or MTIA, which will serve as the foundation of Meta’s AI data centers, through 2029.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

EU Commissioner Stephane Sejourne on Wednesday unveiled the Industrial Accelerator Act, which seeks to boost EU manufacturing by fast-tracking permitting and setting minimum requirements for certain components to be made in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Without fanfare, work on the Bevatron was halted and ramped up instead on the Materials Testing Accelerator, or MTA, as the new machine was inelegantly dubbed.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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