as in rate
an increasing in speed or rate of occurrence
Experts predict a steady acceleration in economic growth over the next two years.
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Recent Examples of acceleration
Then Hudl can use the data to group players by position, type of runner and by specific metrics: speed, acceleration and velocity and then by the first 10 yards of the run, then the next 15 yards and so on.
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Seth Emerson, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The acceleration of fast fashion has only complicated the issue, as non-essential features are cheapened or ditched in a bid to push down prices.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
An immediate acceleration of losses in markets worldwide followed China's response, and economists have warned the trade war could cause a global recession.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
With crypto adoption and acceleration continuing in 2025, the year is increasingly looking like the year stablecoins go definitively mainstream.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Seth Emerson, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The acceleration of fast fashion has only complicated the issue, as non-essential features are cheapened or ditched in a bid to push down prices.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
An immediate acceleration of losses in markets worldwide followed China's response, and economists have warned the trade war could cause a global recession.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
With crypto adoption and acceleration continuing in 2025, the year is increasingly looking like the year stablecoins go definitively mainstream.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acceleration
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Consumers face an overall average effective tariff rate of 28%, the highest since 1901, according to the Yale Budget Lab. Need a break?—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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For more than a decade, non-profits have been making the case that their collective increases have been small and often lower than the rate of inflation.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
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Stocks are ending the four-day trading week on a positive note, though the S & P 500 is still on pace for a slight weekly loss.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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This game was played at a slower pace of 98.5 possessions per 48 minutes.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Exposition — and there’s a lot of it — is delivered with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it speed.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2025
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The flight lasted 14 hours and 38 minutes at an average cruise speed of Mach 0.87.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
23 Apr. 2025
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The 15 mph winds to straightaway center, with gusts up to 34 mph, might have helped, but still, Story crushed his first three-run homer of the game 427 feet to center with an exit velocity of 105 mph.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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With exit velocities routinely clocking in at over 100 mph, the 26-year-old is hitting .292 with a 1.003 OPS, five home runs and nine RBI.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Acceleration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acceleration. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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