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speed up

[speed-uhp] / ˈspidˌʌp /














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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

Accounting firm Crowe agreed to sell a stake to KKR, the latest in a wave of private-equity investments across the industry as firms seek capital to speed up their AI adoption and expansion efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 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

Pierluigi Collina, the head of referees, is determined to speed up the matches and to reduce the potential for match-changing mistakes.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

He tried to speed up, but seconds later, he too was wrapped up by a policeman.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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