How to Use acceleration in a Sentence

acceleration

noun
  • There has been an acceleration in economic growth.
  • There has been some acceleration in economic growth.
  • The car delivers quick acceleration.
  • That was the biggest thing for me, just the straight-line speed, the acceleration and the braking.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2022
  • On the flip side, acceleration could have the seat slam backward.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2023
  • That means there must be a force (F) in the direction of the acceleration.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 26 July 2024
  • The a is the acceleration, or the rate of change of velocity.
    Rhett Allain, Wired, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The plan should view 'learning loss' through the lens of acceleration.
    Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
  • In this reading, midlife is not the end of the road but women’s acceleration phase.
    Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • In other forms of tow sports, faster acceleration is the norm.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
  • The acceleration was fueled by the biggest jump in costs of hotel stays in more than a year.
    Reade Pickert, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Remember, Newton's second law says the net force is equal to the product of the mass and the acceleration (Fnet = ma).
    WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
  • In the 16th minute, Doku’s burst of acceleration took him past the defender again.
    Andy Jones, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • There were also quite a few acceleration tests along the way.
    Tim Stevens, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Baxter also said acceleration of growth in the fourth quarter will come from the launch of Lee x.
    Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
  • And then there’s acceleration from the torquey, low-revving engine which shoves the two-seater ahead with a confident whisk.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Hill is the only player with a 99 acceleration rating in the game.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 21 July 2023
  • Maxx Force sends you off into the air at 78 mph in the blink of an eye, the fastest acceleration of any roller coaster in North America.
    Nic Napier, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The engines pull in air, which has mass, and quickly push that air out of the back of the engine – so there’s a mass multiplied by an acceleration.
    Craig Merrett, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
  • By the end of 1941, the acceleration of the war had disrupted the frivolity of the big band scene and many musicians offered their talents to the home front.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Even its acceleration – a weak point in past Priuses – is quite good.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • These drugs are one part of the acceleration in health insurance costs.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • This is set to increase with the acceleration in climate change.
    Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • Since the car stays on the ground, the acceleration in the vertical direction is zero.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Here is where the rapid acceleration of growth happens.
    Cole Taylor, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • For a machine that weighs the better part of three tons, such acceleration is amazing.
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The boat will have the same steep acceleration curve of an electric vehicle.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2022
  • This means the e-Batmobile is nearly four times lighter than its 5,000-pound on-screen twin, which, in turn, helps with acceleration.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The wide footpads give the rider leverage for acceleration, stopping and turning.
    William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The acceleration lane to Route 9 will provide access from Washington Street prior to Exit 13.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025

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