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accelerator

[ak-sel-uh-rey-ter] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
machine for giving charged particles high velocity
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The LHC is a giant particle accelerator built in a 27km-long circular tunnel under the French-Swiss border.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

The company where Albright works, Harmoni, is housed in a tech accelerator founded in 2018 with state funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Phase one is as an accelerator working with a high-performance computer.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Mr. Chethik is a senior policy analyst at the accelerator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

If other rhetoric teachers were driving instructors, Aristotle was a mechanic: he didn’t just want to know where the accelerator was—he wanted to understand what went on under the hood.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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