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accelerated

ADJECTIVE
sped up
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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Her older sons were close to the median, one on a skateboard and the other on skates, as the two cars seemingly accelerated and descended on them, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Canadian annual inflation accelerated to 2.8% in April, the highest since May 2024, driven by rising energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Consumer inflation accelerated to 3.8% in April, the highest reading in three years, while core prices, excluding food and energy prices, rose at a 2.8% rate.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

“NEE’s storage expertise and pro-forma credit relief supports accelerated growth to unlock faster data center interconnection.”

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

His measurements indicated that he had accelerated ions to 80,000 volts by spiraling them around the vacuum chamber forty-one times, thereby delivering eighty-two resonant jolts.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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