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
  • Be aware that even with graphics hardware acceleration, some of these effects took up to a half minute to complete on my test PC.
    PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The acceleration tells you how fast the object's velocity changes.
    Wired, 5 July 2022
  • Avoid sudden braking or acceleration, and be especially cautious on hills or when making turns.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • That power is used for reliable braking and acceleration, while its 8-ply maple deck offers stiffness for steady riding on smooth pavement.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2022
  • In addition, the fighter rolled more easily to the left than the right, and the engine was susceptible to shutting off under negative acceleration.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022
  • As more businesses recognize the advantages of investing in value acceleration, the demand for these services will only grow.
    Eric Steele, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Even its acceleration – a weak point in past Priuses – is quite good.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Since the car stays on the ground, the acceleration in the vertical direction is zero.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Analysts suggested the worst is behind P & G in China, giving them more confidence about an acceleration in organic sales growth in the second half of the year.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024

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