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speed up

[speed-uhp] / ˈspidˌʌp /














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The company said the cuts would also help speed up time-to-market for new products, while helping to keep the company “lean and disciplined.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

A Department for Health and Social Care spokesperson previously said the government was determined to speed up diagnosis of endometriosis.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Accounting firm Crowe agreed to sell a stake to KKR, the latest in a wave of private-equity investments across the industry as firms seek capital to speed up their AI adoption and expansion efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

As the researchers note in the paper, pretraining can speed up inference, "but may also hinder learning new physics."

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Or, as one packinghouse manager explained, “If you need to turn out a little more, you speed up the conveyors a little and the men speed up to keep pace.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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