acceleration
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The second is evidence of a positive feedback cycle in which these fractures increased ice acceleration, which in turn caused further damage.
From Science Daily
"That could serve as a legacy for future neutrino observatory and traditional telescopes to perform more in-depth study in particle acceleration mechanisms."
From Science Daily
The game was delicately poised with England 179-6 after 40 overs, but the captain timed her acceleration to perfection with 49 runs coming from the last five.
From BBC
To enforce psychologically the old Jim Crow arrangements, there was an acceleration in the lynching of black Americans after the war.
The U.S. led the acceleration in IPOs in terms of proceeds, with the best quarter since 2021, according to the report.
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