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velocity

[vuh-los-i-tee] / vəˈlɒs ɪ ti /


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“You should start thinking about GRATs when the velocity of your net worth starts to snowball,” said Nathan Dingler, co-founder of DiversiFi Capital, a Bay Area financial-planning firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The deal will reduce Chime’s reliance on third parties and increase its velocity of innovation, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Although his abbreviated WBC participation this spring was popularly tied to his free agency this fall, Skubal said the decision was simply based on a history of velocity that rises later in the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Stafford, 38, won his first MVP award and — if preseason joint practices and workouts are any indication — shows no signs that he lost a step or velocity and touch on his passes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

I was watching him during our team stretch before the game, but I don’t remember anything about his motion, release point, velocity, or the type of pitches he throws.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

By tracking extremely small changes in the spacecrafts' velocities, the team was able to reconstruct the gravitational field surrounding Mars.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

In an era where velocities are climbing across the game, the 24-year-old Misiorowski is pushing the limits of what was believed to be possible from the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

The real cause for the explosion in torn ulnar collateral ligaments is now believed to be high velocities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

The resulting simulations replicate the masses, locations, and motions of the Milky Way and Andromeda, as well as the positions and velocities of 31 galaxies just outside the Local Group.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026

In this theory particles no longer had separate, well-defined positions and velocities that could not be observed.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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