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.
• In this reading, midlife is not the end of the road but women’s acceleration phase.
  — Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
• Additional acceleration days are scheduled for the first two weekdays of spring break.
  — Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• But the ones that did exist required a runner with speed, acceleration and cutting ability to exploit them.
  — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
• The throttle allows a more gradual acceleration than a pedal-assist does.
  — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
• This should improve its acceleration and handling, especially when road conditions are poor.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2023
• 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 other forms of tow sports, faster acceleration is the norm.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That acceleration was a big reason for the pickup in overall consumer prices last month.
  — Ben Casselman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• The four-banger doesn't sound great when giving its all, but the PHEV overall is quieter than the six-cylinder under acceleration or when cruising.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 1 Sep. 2023
• Though only drawing from the electric motor, the acceleration from zero is strong, and plenty enough to dart around town.
  — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
• Pearlman says that makes less sense given the pandemic and the acceleration of technology in schools, at home and in friend groups.
  — Heather Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
• This acceleration might be aided by a few feedback loops in which melting leads to more melting.
  — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
• Addison, however, still should be of high interest to teams on the back end of the first round given his acceleration and savvy. 4.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
• Mazda says there's a North America-specific tune that, by the sounds of it, has a peppier torque curve for better acceleration than the versions sold in Europe or Asia.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024