- past tense form of accelerate.
- past participle of accelerate.
accelerated
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At CERN, atomic nuclei can be accelerated to nearly the speed of light and smashed together.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The society said climate change has accelerated dramatically since some of the current habitat management guidance was written.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ben Snider and team at Goldman Sachs have just published their latest Hedge Fund Trend Monitor, which shows an important driver in the stock market selloff that accelerated in July.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
His long stay abroad has also stoked talk of a post-Biya future and accelerated jockeying among would-be successors as questions over who might replace him persist.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
When I reached junior high, I started to realize that since I was in the accelerated program, I only knew the other accelerated kids.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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