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
Undue acceleration makes passengers uncomfortable and scatters your Kirkland Signature sundries around in the cargo area.
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Roberto Baldwin, WIRED, 21 Oct. 2024
More About The Engine The torque, delivered even at low speeds and is available as soon as the throttle is opened, gives the scooter powerful, progressive acceleration when navigating urban environments that require the rider to slow down and then speed up again.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Analysts predict consumer electronic sales will decrease 3% year over year in 2024, but that is actually an improvement from last year’s 7.9% decline as demand bottomed after a sales acceleration during the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
Baxter also said acceleration of growth in the fourth quarter will come from the launch of Lee x.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
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Roberto Baldwin, WIRED, 21 Oct. 2024
More About The Engine The torque, delivered even at low speeds and is available as soon as the throttle is opened, gives the scooter powerful, progressive acceleration when navigating urban environments that require the rider to slow down and then speed up again.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Analysts predict consumer electronic sales will decrease 3% year over year in 2024, but that is actually an improvement from last year’s 7.9% decline as demand bottomed after a sales acceleration during the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
Baxter also said acceleration of growth in the fourth quarter will come from the launch of Lee x.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Bee Cave City Council on Tuesday approved the city’s $13.1 million budget and a property tax rate of $.02 per $100 home valuation for the upcoming fiscal year.Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Sites 421, 446 and 449 in the West Lakeshore campground were occupied 160 nights each, a rate of 99.38%, tying them at the top of the list.Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 21 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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Total Wireless has also introduced unlimited data on Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network that promises to be up to 10 times faster than the median download speeds of all other providers.Molly Higgins, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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The first practice session was halted barely eight minutes in after a loose concrete frame around a water valve cover hit Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari at high speed.Dan Cancian, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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But no one in modern memory has done so with the velocity, shamelessness and torrential outpouring of Trump.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Despite being fairly straight forward, the velocity of the revisions is the single most important point that short sellers and Nvidia critics cannot seem to understand.Beth Kindig, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Acceleration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acceleration. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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