accelerate
verb (used with object)
to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in.
was accelerating
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past progressiveof accelerate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Now, Carney was accelerating Canada’s pivot to Europe, matchmaking a shotgun marriage to offset the pain of its divorce with America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Qualcomm surged 15% after the chip maker posted better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings and signaled that its pivot into data-center processors was accelerating.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
For nearly three decades, astronomers have believed that the universe's expansion was accelerating due to dark energy, a mysterious force acting as a kind of "anti-gravity."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2025
Welsh Water accepted its performance "is not where it needs to be" and said it was accelerating investment in key areas to reduce pollution incidents.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
But the process of acculturation was accelerating as settlers began to move onto the reservation.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
