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.
• The boat will have the same steep acceleration curve of an electric vehicle.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2022
• That probably makes sense when thinking about acceleration.
  — WIRED, 25 Sep. 2022
• By the weak equivalence principle, the masses should have experienced the same amount of acceleration.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2022
• Heather Milam, director of acceleration at the Depot, said this is the largest number of participants to date.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2022
• Zero-to-60-mph acceleration takes about 7 seconds, which is a respectable transfer of momentum.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 15 Sep. 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
• 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
• There were also quite a few acceleration tests along the way.
  — Tim Stevens, The Verge, 1 Mar. 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Even its acceleration – a weak point in past Priuses – is quite good.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
• For a machine that weighs the better part of three tons, such acceleration is amazing.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 1 Dec. 2022
• And while there’s been an acceleration in the allure of AI, not every idea is worth investing in.
  — John Kell, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
• Bernstein agreed those efforts pointed to an earnings acceleration in the first half of next year but noted the pace of that uptick will be slow.
  — Greg McKenna, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
• Too fast an acceleration of spending could lead the central bank to raise rates even further.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2023
• An aggressive throttle map, like on GT mode, means quick acceleration with just a light brush of the gas pedal.
  — Daniel Golson, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
• But the acceleration and EV range aren't solely what make the Rivian a winner.
  — Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2023
• In the final round from lane 9, Richardson got off to a slow start but surged by the other sprinters during her drive and acceleration phases.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
• So, acceleration and braking were offset with the bike’s wheels.
  — New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2024
• But the idea of taking strategic or private equity investment would be a marked acceleration of those plans.
  — Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
• This would also imply an acceleration to 11% QoQ growth, leaving the door open for more aggressive price cuts to spur demand, something management hinted at in the earnings call.
  — Beth Kindig, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024