- past participle of accelerate.
- past tense form of accelerate.
Example Sentences
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Police Sergeant Clayton Robinson, based at Charing Cross police station in central London, was dismissed with immediate effect following an Accelerated Misconduct Hearing on Tuesday.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
Accelerated job cuts tied to AI advancements could add upward pressure to unemployment gauges that typically signal economic weakness.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
Accelerated brain or vasculature aging -- either one -- predicted risk for Alzheimer's disease progression as well as the best currently used clinical biomarkers do.
From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2023
Britain has set up an Accelerated Settlement Taskforce.
From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2023
The wreckage of the twin dead cities was good evidence of just how slow the people of the Accelerated Age had been to accept their changing circumstances.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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