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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
Semafor will add to its growing team of beat-defining journalists in Washington, DC, Wall Street, Silicon Valley as well as politics, global business, finance, and economics in order to fuel this acceleration.
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Rachel Keidan, semafor.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Avoid sudden braking or acceleration, and be especially cautious on hills or when making turns.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Trust the acceleration arriving to you this month and use it well.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2026
That should not be a surprise; it’s been gradually rolled out over six years, with a heavy acceleration in the past two, so people have had time to acclimate.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 31 Dec. 2025
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Rachel Keidan, semafor.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Avoid sudden braking or acceleration, and be especially cautious on hills or when making turns.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Trust the acceleration arriving to you this month and use it well.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2026
That should not be a surprise; it’s been gradually rolled out over six years, with a heavy acceleration in the past two, so people have had time to acclimate.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acceleration
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To receive the senior rate, a person must apply to the Rogers Water Utilities and present satisfactory proof of age, such as a government issued identification card, driver's license, passport or birth certificate.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Interest rates go up on longer-term loans Yes, extending the term of a mortgage from 30 to 50 years could drop the monthly payment, wrote Richard Green, a professor at the University of Southern California, on LinkedIn.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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From the French-German border to the Mediterranean coast to the mountainous intersection of France, Italy, and Switzerland, these small towns and villages (all home to less than 15,000 people) offer a slower pace and warm French hospitality.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
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Sessions are guided by attentive listening, gentle techniques, and respect for each individual’s pace and choices.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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In a field experiment with hundreds of consultants, GPT-4 improved speed and quality on some knowledge tasks while performance dropped on other, seemingly similar tasks just outside its strengths.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Tapascott said speed alone no longer excites drivers.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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His velocity was up a bit in the second half, and his strikeout rate also jumped from 31% to 39%, so there's a case to be made that bad luck amplifies a slight regression from arguably the best reliever in the game to merely one of the best 10 to 15 in the league.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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In the modern landscape of personalized diagnostics, drug research, development, and manufacturing, data integrity and velocity of the product-to-market are everything.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Acceleration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acceleration. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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