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as in increases
to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number
toy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season
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as in rushes
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster
we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed
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as in expands
to make greater in size, amount, or number
the company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession
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Recent Examples of accelerates
What Happens Next Attention will now turn to labor negotiations, political response, and whether the transition timeline accelerates.
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Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
When you’re fully submerged in the culture of your field’s epicenter, learning accelerates.
—Bill Gurley, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
Women who dismiss fatigue often also stop exercising, which accelerates that loss.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Menopause accelerates that loss because of dropping estrogen levels, Susan Bukata, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedics at UC San Diego and a scientific advisor at Solaria Bio, tells SELF.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 31 Mar. 2026
Time will tell just how much the initiative accelerates Nvidia's bottom-line growth this year, next year, and beyond.
—CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
Yet while innovation accelerates, White argues that regulatory frameworks often reflect a different era.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
One is the application of electromagnetic fields to produce something called the Hall effect that accelerates the ions.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
China’s oil demand could peak sooner than expected, a senior executive at a major state energy firm said, as the Iran war accelerates the turn away from fossil fuels.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
When you’re fully submerged in the culture of your field’s epicenter, learning accelerates.
—Bill Gurley, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
Women who dismiss fatigue often also stop exercising, which accelerates that loss.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Menopause accelerates that loss because of dropping estrogen levels, Susan Bukata, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedics at UC San Diego and a scientific advisor at Solaria Bio, tells SELF.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 31 Mar. 2026
Time will tell just how much the initiative accelerates Nvidia's bottom-line growth this year, next year, and beyond.
—CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
Yet while innovation accelerates, White argues that regulatory frameworks often reflect a different era.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
One is the application of electromagnetic fields to produce something called the Hall effect that accelerates the ions.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
China’s oil demand could peak sooner than expected, a senior executive at a major state energy firm said, as the Iran war accelerates the turn away from fossil fuels.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accelerates
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The translunar injection involves firing Orion's main engine, which increases the spacecraft's velocity to send it out of Earth orbit and toward the moon.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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With warmer weather heralding spring, the amount of outdoor activities significantly increases.—
Lesly Gregory,
AJC.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Another friend rushes to join the hug.—
Mica Rosenberg,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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And out rushes a blazingly cathartic torrent of honesty and horror.—
Sibani Ram,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
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Drone delivery expands across the Charlotte region The Queen City is no stranger to drone deliveries.—
Chase Jordan
March 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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The find helps explain water’s odd behavior and its unusual properties, including the reason ice cubes float and how liquid water expands as its temperature drops below 39 degrees Fahrenheit (four degrees Celsius).—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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That leaves a sicker, older, more expensive pool of enrollees, which pushes up premiums for everyone.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Our standards, our accountability and the way the group pushes each other every day, that is what has sustained our performance independent of who the head coach is.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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The Advanced tier is perfect for mid-level and large companies, which further augments your accounting department with Excel data sync capabilities along with backup and restore functionality.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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That was expected to be the last remaining obstacle to the world's biggest sporting event arriving in this 20,000-person suburb tucked between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island, that swells to three times its size for New England Patriots games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The noise of your life recedes and a surge of connectedness and gratitude swells inside of you.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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This hastens the design process and allows engineers to trial different solutions to problems in a faster, cheaper way.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Nov. 2025
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But some experts warn that what’s happening in Hatteras could be a glimpse of what’s to come in other coastal areas as climate change fuels more powerful storms and hastens erosion.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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