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accelerate

[ak-sel-uh-reyt] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt /


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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

The funding will be used to accelerate Neura's activities, ranging from the deployment of robots to the rollout of "gyms" for clients to train bots, and the development of the company's physical AI systems.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

A Microsoft partnership with Nvidia is using AI to accelerate permitting and design, and to let developers virtually build the facility to identify potential issues before breaking ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Climate Action Secretary Gillian Martin said that the government had to accelerate progress.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The phenomenon by which protons keep time with the oscillator even as they accelerate came to be known as “resonance.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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