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acceleration

noun as in increasing speed, timing

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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.

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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.

Continued productivity acceleration is by far the most positive potential path for the U.S.

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There was also a recent acceleration in corporate sales, which rose 8%, as surveys indicated that about 90% of companies expected travel volume to either increase or remain steady in 2026.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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