- present participle of accelerate.
accelerating
Example Sentences
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The accelerating increase in health-insurance costs—and workers’ expenses—is fueled by a variety of factors, according to benefits consultants and insurers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
He said that a policymaker who saw underlying inflation accelerating would lean toward tightening but didn’t offer a view on which way he thought it was moving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Arsenal are accelerating their interest in Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the discovery that cosmic expansion was accelerating meant that model could no longer stand in its existing form.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
He was twenty-four years old now and despite his accelerating mental decline was still employed by the Inter Ocean as a delivery contractor.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
