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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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Safety and soundness considerations required regulators to hit the brakes, while affordable-housing goals required them to step on the accelerator.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

"I think this could be a game-changer," Bernhard Kowatsch, head of WFP's global accelerator and ventures innovation division, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

As England hit the accelerator, India became ragged - Shivam Dube had an awful time in the field.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Qualcomm’s high-bandwidth compute product is positioned against the high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, that nearly every leading accelerator depends on.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

“Although the principle of the cyclotron is simple,” Cockcroft wrote after building a thirty-six-inch accelerator at the Cavendish, “the fact that it works is rather surprising.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The world wide web was created at CERN, while proton therapy grew from advances in particle accelerators and radiation physics.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

What Qualcomm has laid out is a full stack that spans CPU compute, AI accelerators, a new memory design and the high-speed connectivity that ties a rack together.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

He noted the company’s products lines — including CPUs for agentic artificial intelligence, AI accelerators, custom-chip engagements and connectivity chips.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

Venture firms are scouting campuses for young entrepreneurs, with a growing list of active accelerators and fellowship programs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

As so often happens in science, their discoveries only whet the appetite for more research, which in turn created a demand for bigger, more expensive accelerators.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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