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
After that distance, or when the driver calls for more acceleration or speed, the five-seat SUV’s gasoline engine turns on, providing another 380 miles of driving range, per EPA tests.
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2024
This sudden jolt and acceleration triggers an automatic lockdown that should prevent would-be thieves from accessing your precious data.
—PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
Then comes a period of rapid acceleration, where breakthroughs happen quickly and the technology begins to change industries.
—Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
Since the car stays on the ground, the acceleration in the vertical direction is zero.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2024
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2024
This sudden jolt and acceleration triggers an automatic lockdown that should prevent would-be thieves from accessing your precious data.
—PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
Then comes a period of rapid acceleration, where breakthroughs happen quickly and the technology begins to change industries.
—Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
Since the car stays on the ground, the acceleration in the vertical direction is zero.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for acceleration
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acceleration
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WalletHub compared proprietary user data from Q2 2024 with data from Q3 2024 to see the states where auto loan interest rates increased the most and the least.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
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Today, below market rate housing programs offer permanent housing to low-income households at the organization’s Cupertino location, while the onsite food market and Park-It Market mobile food pantry provide food to WVCS clients.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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While White’s production needs to sharpen its pace and tempo a tad, there’s no denying the depth and urgency of the play’s themes, not to mention the wry pleasures of the text, Bioh’s rich gift for the idiosyncrasies of language and dialect, the rollicking musicality of speech.Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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But in California, the departure decline was double the US pace at 16%.Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
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Its compact design, solid read/write speeds, and 256-bit AES hardware encryption ensure data safety.Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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But the real surprise, for a grand touring car whose engineers placed an emphasis on providing easy, comfortable speed is the transmission calibration.Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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But there are some concerns with Fitzgerald under the hood, namely in his strikeout rate (31.7%) and below-average exit velocity (22nd percentile).Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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His exit velocities aren’t all that overpowering - Freeman is more of a technician with a strong K/BB profile, low pop up and high fly ball and line drive rates, who uses the entire field.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Acceleration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acceleration. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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