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accelerate

[ak-sel-uh-reyt] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt /


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KKR in 2024 formed a $50 billion strategic partnership with Energy Capital Partners to accelerate the development of data center, power generation and transmission infrastructure for AI and cloud computing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

When the previous two corrections hit, the selling didn’t necessarily accelerate right away, but the downtrends that got them there continued.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

They deliver powerful bursts of thrust that allow spacecraft to quickly accelerate, decelerate, climb, descend, or change position.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The ADRs have struggled to hold above $120 in recent trading sessions, and losses could accelerate if they break below that level.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

In fourteenth-century Oxford, mathematically inclined philosophers had hypothesized that falling bodies accelerate continuously; but they had made no effort to confirm this theoretical possibility through experiment.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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