as in rate
an increasing in speed or rate of occurrence
Experts predict a steady acceleration in economic growth over the next two years.
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Recent Examples of acceleration
Avoid sudden braking or acceleration, and be especially cautious on hills or when making turns.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The district is also introducing an acceleration teacher position that focuses on small-group instruction and tutoring during the school day in math and reading.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025
Moore’s law is over; the acceleration and breadth of technological advances-notably AI- offers hope for tackling fundamental human and business challenges.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Wall Street analysts at the time also continued to celebrate revenue acceleration of Microsoft’s Azure, its crucial cloud computing division.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The district is also introducing an acceleration teacher position that focuses on small-group instruction and tutoring during the school day in math and reading.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025
Moore’s law is over; the acceleration and breadth of technological advances-notably AI- offers hope for tackling fundamental human and business challenges.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Wall Street analysts at the time also continued to celebrate revenue acceleration of Microsoft’s Azure, its crucial cloud computing division.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acceleration
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The deadline passed and the new U.S. tariff rate for Chinese imports came into effect.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The growth trajectory represents a 2.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2025, with online video claiming the lion’s share at $9.4 billion.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Legal experts said the crush of cases and their urgency resulted from Trump’s record-setting pace of actions that 39 judges in 11 districts ruled unlawful and likely to cause irreparable harm to the people targeted.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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But the pace of hiring has slowed significantly in the past year and Colorado is underperforming the country as a whole.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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No two giants share the same building speed (fastest, second fastest, third fastest, slowest) or the same problem.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Standing at 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 196 pounds, this agile robot can reach a top speed of 5.6 mph (approximately 8.2 feet per second).—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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At low heights, though, the water’s velocity was too slow to effectively move through the coffee bed.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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The quality of the resulting cup of coffee is dependent on such variables as the amount of coffee used, the jet radius, the pour height, and the flow velocity, all of which have an impact on how the water jet interacts with the bed of coffee grounds.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Acceleration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acceleration. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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