accelerate
Example Sentences
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A spokesman for Blue Owl said the sale accelerated the return of capital for the fund, which was always required to do so after a set amount of time.
In his view, OpenAI was seeking to accelerate AI without sufficient guardrails on its use.
His administration accelerated a computer attack called Stuxnet designed to destroy Iran’s nuclear program by forcing centrifuges to spin until they self-destructed.
As concerns grow about the environmental and health impacts of plastic waste, scientists are accelerating efforts to develop safer, biodegradable alternatives.
From Science Daily
Indeed, history is filled with examples of this, from the medieval Black Death hitchhiking along the Silk Road to the “Russian flu” pandemic of the late 19th century that was accelerated by trains and steamships.
From Salon
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