as in accelerating
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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Starting in the late 1950s and accelerating in the 1970s, several states enacted laws that required a date label on certain foods.
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The right question to ask early on is whether the rate of experimentation and the surfacing of new use cases are accelerating month over month.
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With the flip of a light switch and the familiar clunk of a VHS tape sliding into a VCR, memories come rushing back for many collectors and movie lovers.
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Poor planning or rushing decisions can lead to costly and inconvenient design mistakes.
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Incumbents have run on the perception that the transplants who have moved into working-class neighborhoods are pushing residents out while imposing their politics on more moderate communities of color.
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Late-stage trial results from Cosmo Pharmaceuticals, Pelage Pharmaceuticals and Veradermics are now pushing new options toward pharmacy shelves, with one program already pursuing parallel approval in the United States and Europe.
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“Speeding (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speeding%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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