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speed up

[speed-uhp] / ˈspidˌʌp /














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The Guardian follows with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood seeking to shore up support for her immigration bill that plans to speed up the opening of safe and legal routes for refugees.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

"A compelling feature of this work is that AMD3100 is already FDA-approved, which can reduce risks and potentially speed up timelines for clinical trials in fibrolamellar carcinoma," Sethupathy said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026

New management is a good first step, but they can only do so much to speed up the product and innovation cycle.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

The U.S. will speed up early drug research in a bid to compete with China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

By the time we got him off his feet, the train had started to speed up again.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon




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