acceleration
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These include having software that smooths out rapid acceleration, adding sound systems and subtle seat vibrations to signal to passengers that the car is moving, and offering adaptive regenerative braking that reduces sudden deceleration.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Millett testified that the acceleration could have been caused by Linton’s leg going stiff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A failure of AI to deliver a hoped-for acceleration in productivity and economic growth could deliver a fresh blow to prices of government bonds, the Bank of England warned Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Consumer spending snapped back in August after a brief lull, adding to mounting evidence of an acceleration in the U.S. economy despite a series of strains.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
I was pushed back in my couch with an acceleration of one half G, but it felt more like 3 Gs to my sensitized body.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
Similar surveys pointed to accelerations in India and Japan, though private sector growth lost momentum in Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
It included the dates of 640 trips, their start and end times, the distance driven and an accounting of any speeding, hard braking or sharp accelerations.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Despite the system's complexity, the team found that snowflake accelerations follow an exponential frequency distribution with an exponent of three halves.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2023
In a statement, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis said the increase reflects "accelerations in consumer spending, private inventory investment, and federal government spending" among other factors.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023
Under extremely strong gravitational accelerations, even light is affected.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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