as in to accelerate
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster
we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline
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By doing this, the team effectively took a motor designed to accelerate a dirt bike aggressively and put it into a tiny quadricycle roughly the size of a fridge.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026 -
The moment land became a milestone, the campaign accelerated.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
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Parents rushed to get their kids vaccinated.—
Jon LaPook,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Their teammates immediately rushed over, and Pippen and Gardner were both ejected from the game after the altercation was broken up.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
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Rather than allowing a single hero product to dominate, Safdie expanded the narrative across collections, pushing further into tailoring and Old Hollywood references.—
Amy Francombe,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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Last July, Ukrainians took to the streets in rare wartime protests to push back against the government’s plans to weaken the independence of the country’s anti-corruption watchdogs.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Speed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speed%20%28up%29. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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