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accelerate

[ak-sel-uh-rayt] / Γ¦kˈsΙ›l Ι™ΛŒreΙͺt /


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"The congressional scrutiny could accelerate demands for AI safety standards, independent model evaluations and greater accountability for data centre developers," she added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

“Current developments in our industry call for decisiveness and swift implementation. We will therefore specifically intensify and accelerate structural measures,” Nedeljkovic said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

AI plays have derated, short positions must now be monetized and the upshot of the elections could be to actually accelerate capital expenditure rather than deter it.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Bass has taken steps to accelerate the building of affordable housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

This states that the body will accelerate, or change its speed, at a rate that is proportional to the force.

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

As this technology accelerates its own evolution, the risk is that we struggle to keep pace and keep it under control, writes columnist Ben Cohen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

As AI use accelerates, construction of power-hungry data centres is booming worldwide, especially in Asia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Slowing wage growth even as inflation accelerates is a sign that workers are having a hard time moving up to better-paying jobs, even if outright unemployment is low,” Adams of Fifth Third said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

The Silicon Valley Bank crisis of March 2023 offered a preview of what can happen when technology accelerates money: Tens of billions of dollars left one bank in a day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

For Saturn as for Jupiter, the magnetic field captures and accelerates the charged particles of the solar wind.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Latest official data showed Britain's annual inflation rate accelerated by more than expected in September, rising to 3.5 percent on surging fuel prices.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The thousands of valves being replaced showed "accelerated deterioration due to the existing chemical dosage regime" being used to flush out any bacteria, it said.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Droughts, El Niño, an eroding coast and the year-round threat of wildfires, much of it accelerated by climate change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

In his opinion, the Hormuz conflict didn’t start those trends, but rather accelerated them.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

A falling body accelerated toward the earth at thirty-two feet per second.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

“In our view, the recent share price movements are related to sector rotation from tech to defensive pharma names, as well as Novartis accelerating its share buybacks when the stock took a hit,” Schneider says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

“We see the convergence of rapidly improving geothermal technology and accelerating power demand creating the conditions for a step-change in industry growth.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

The Taiwan-born businessman has advocated for the use of his company's chips in China, where Beijing has been accelerating development of its own semiconductors.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Traditionally, researchers have accomplished this by accelerating gold nuclei to enormous speeds and crashing them into one another.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Hence the greatly increased life expectancy brought by modern medicine may have contributed to the recently accelerating pace of invention.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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