as in to accelerate
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster
we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline
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Red Flag Warning Will Remain Until Friday Evening As Blazes Burn More Than 2,000 Structures Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Do Not Lose Your Account The emergence of cloud-native architectures further accelerated this transformation.—
Srikanta Datta,
Forbes,
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Nearly three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, the war is accelerating Ukraine’s rapid depopulation, exacerbating a demographic crisis that has been deepening for three decades.—
Howard LaFranchi,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 Jan. 2025
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Medics rushed him to Jamaica Hospital but he couldn’t be saved.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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Notre Dame gained 116 yards rushing in its 27-24 victory against Penn State, with Leonard accounting for 35 yards.—
Curt Rallo,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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Low housing affordability pushed several previously top-performing cities, including Dallas, out of the top 10.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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Senate Democrats have pushed for more information over Bondi's foreign lobbying work to determine any potential conflicts of interest that might surface should she be confirmed as attorney general.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Speed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speed%20%28up%29. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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