acceleration
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“However, a 7% year-over-year increase in resale contracts during the quarter points to a meaningful acceleration in contracting activity over late May and June,” Forsyth Barr says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
For example, Microsoft and Salesforce have the potential to show acceleration in the second half of the year, though ”any momentum in these names is unlikely to build until after July/August earnings.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
"As of Hungary, we will start to see a bit of an acceleration in our competitiveness," Stella said.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
“We think an acceleration in vulnerability volumes will likely lift exposure management vendors…and we view Tenable as best positioned to benefit,” Essex wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Lewis, Martinez, and Johanssen endured the acceleration in their seats.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
For aging relatives who are still driving, family members can receive reports of sudden stops or fast accelerations as well as a notification of a crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 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
Inertial measurement unit data is processed to determine hard braking, hard accelerations and hard turns and GPS data.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
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
Vocabulary lists containing acceleration
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