accelerate
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"The congressional scrutiny could accelerate demands for AI safety standards, independent model evaluations and greater accountability for data centre developers," she added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Chief Executive Steve Cahillane said the company’s plan to turn around its U.S. business and accelerate growth internationally is on track.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Hiring is unlikely to accelerate sharply in the short term.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
In chemical catalysis, where substances accelerate chemical reactions, new particle arrangements could create opportunities to improve the way catalysts operate.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
If we lived in an interstellar spacecraft that could accelerate at 1 g, we would find ourselves in a perfectly natural environment.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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For the Bank of Japan, the key lies in whether wage growth momentum accelerates further, and if it continues and spreads across the economy, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
"Illness acts as a crossroads in a pontificate -- it either accelerates its momentum or diminishes its power," Vatican watcher Giacomo Galeazzi wrote in La Stampa daily on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
That question matters today as AI accelerates infrastructure build-out across domestic manufacturing sectors while boosting efficiency and optimization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
A controlled human clinical trial will be needed to determine whether glucosamine directly accelerates Alzheimer's progression and, if so, which patients may be most vulnerable.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Nah, man,” Grace says as she accelerates through a yellow light.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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Latest official data showed Britain's annual inflation rate accelerated by more than expected in September, rising to 3.5 percent on surging fuel prices.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
The thousands of valves being replaced showed "accelerated deterioration due to the existing chemical dosage regime" being used to flush out any bacteria, it said.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Droughts, El Niño, an eroding coast and the year-round threat of wildfires, much of it accelerated by climate change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
In his opinion, the Hormuz conflict didn’t start those trends, but rather accelerated them.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The answer is that when our unconscious engages in thin-slicing, what we are doing is an automated, accelerated unconscious version of what Gottman does with his videotapes and equations.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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“In our view, the recent share price movements are related to sector rotation from tech to defensive pharma names, as well as Novartis accelerating its share buybacks when the stock took a hit,” Schneider says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
“We remain cautious on Apple in the near term, as accelerating memory-cost inflation pressures gross margins,” Bernstein analyst Mark Newman said in a note to clients.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
For Fuller, these exceptionally energetic neutrinos are among IceCube's most exciting discoveries because their origins and the physical processes responsible for accelerating them remain poorly understood.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Taiwan-born businessman has advocated for the use of his company's chips in China, where Beijing has been accelerating development of its own semiconductors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Goldman Sachs was next, and did not merely let go, but turned and made a big bet against the subprime market—further accelerating the balloon’s fatal ascent.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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