accelerate
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Ellison was highly motivated to strike a deal because his company’s expenses will soon accelerate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
They would cause electrically charged particles to move and accelerate randomly.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
When an attacking side accelerate play, it is common for the defending team to drop back in an urgent manner, looking to protect their goal.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But other businesses see an opportunity to accelerate work by using AI to do some of the orchestration typically performed by middle managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Now if only I could accelerate forward and have Fig already on allergen-free food.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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Soot deposited on snow and ice absorbs more sunlight and accelerates melting.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“As AI demand accelerates, data center infrastructure will require advances in both computing and connectivity to deliver greater performance with more efficiency,” Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said in a statement.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
"This suggests APOE4 accelerates a process that resembles normal aging, and could explain why people with the gene variant are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease earlier in life," Huang says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
But the prospect also carries environmental risks if increased traffic accelerates Arctic melting, with soot emissions that settle on the ice cap trapping heat from sunlight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Dad pulls onto the highway and accelerates, rapidly, as if to make a point, until he has doubled Richard’s speed.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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But the takeover accelerated the center’s downward spiral in ticket sales and fundraising.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Retail analysts point to two developments that accelerated the rise of private-label products.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
In many traders’ eyes, the bond-market selloff accelerated amid concerns about persistent inflation, the high U.S. government-debt burden—and how institutions like the Fed and the Treasury Department are responding to those pressures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Houston Astros: Correa, whose second act with Houston has been a flop because of injuries, was working on an accelerated comeback from May ankle surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
I know graves can be dug on an accelerated schedule, but it’s only been eleven hours since I even got the alert.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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The team noted that the primary drivers of this trend are expected to be accelerating gross domestic product growth and the transition from investment into artificial intelligence to a gradual boost from AI productivity.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
This repeated jostling helps explain why sea ice does not simply keep accelerating and spreading in response to the wind.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Artificial intelligence has turned software development at Microsoft upside down, and the changes reflect how technology is accelerating a wholesale reconsideration of the way the entire company functions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
This evolving and now possibly accelerating arms race in space should come as no surprise.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
She remained in her seat with her accelerating heart and sweating palms, and humbly inclined her head.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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