- past participle of accelerate.
- past tense form of accelerate.
accelerated
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Instead, the most prolific period of glacial earthquakes at Thwaites, between 2018 and 2020, coincides with a period of accelerated flow of the glacier’s ice tongue towards the sea.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Palace have accelerated their efforts to sign a new centre-back after Chadi Riad was taken off on a stretcher against Everton on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The analysts laid out an “an accelerated bull case” for bitcoin, driven by macro tailwinds in which institutional capital could start actively chasing the crypto asset.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ukraine, meanwhile, has accelerated its own campaign of long-range strikes on Russian energy and logistics sites -- including oil refineries and retail warehouses.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Gale and the other people already chosen to go to the Capitol are in a different, accelerated phase of training.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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