accelerate
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Artemis V and beyond will aim to accelerate the cadence of lunar landings to one every six months and continue to test technology to make lunar landings easier and cheaper.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
China's emergence this century as an economic and military superpower has also seen its space capabilities accelerate rapidly, and it now has a stated aim of landing an astronaut on the Moon by around 2030.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
“The Iran situation has created a new source of uncertainty. Despite the announced cease-fire earlier this week, higher energy prices in the short-run will accelerate headline inflation.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Shaken confidence in the Persian Gulf could accelerate that process.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Similarly with spaceships: no matter how much rocket power they have, they can’t accelerate beyond the speed of light.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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