The next few months will reveal how serious China is about accelerating its decarbonization.
China’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2060, explained|Lili Pike|September 25, 2020|Vox
The vendor list includes a number of companies that aren’t the usual suspects in Department of Defense work, reflecting the “innovative acquisition strategy” intended to accelerate the timeline for the ambitious system.
Anduril among companies tapped to build the Air Force’s ‘internet of things’ for war|Taylor Hatmaker|September 24, 2020|TechCrunch
The study authors point to Manaus’ lower socioeconomic conditions, more crowded housing and reliance on boat travel, as factors that could have accelerated the spread of the virus there.
A Brazilian city devastated by COVID-19 may have reached herd immunity|Jonathan Lambert|September 24, 2020|Science News
“We are accelerating what probably would have happened in the retail environment on a naturally in the next four years to five years,” said Donahoe.
How Nike hit its e-commerce goal 3 years early|Phil Wahba|September 23, 2020|Fortune
In other words, the ice surface is now at low enough elevation to accelerate melting.
Global warming may lead to practically irreversible Antarctic melting|Carolyn Gramling|September 23, 2020|Science News
It may accelerate the adoption of laws giving patients more power.
The Upside of Ebola (Yes, There May Actually Be One)|Nick Gillespie|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Accelerate this process,” said Royce, adding that the Free Syrian Army is the antidote to the ongoing expansion of ISIS in Syria.
After Steven Sotloff Murder, Congress Demands a Vote on Obama’s ISIS War|Josh Rogin|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We have every reason to expect these demographic changes to continue, if not accelerate,” Bonica said.
The New Face of American Medicine: Liberal Women|Dale Eisinger|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Conservative evangelicalism is losing millennials in gobs, and the World Vision fallout is sure to only accelerate the fallout.
World Vision’s Gay Compromise|Brad Kramer|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A ban in New York will accelerate bids for carriage crackdowns elsewhere.
De Blasio Whipped by Horse Lobby|Josh Robin|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I think you ought to be allowed to ruin yourself and accelerate the revolution in any absurd way which may seem best to you.
A House-Party|Ouida
After walking awhile I found my soreness began to leave me, when I began to accelerate my pace.
Biography of a Slave|Charles Thompson
But this visit was still further important, as it tended to accelerate the formation of a fourth settlement.
The Moravians in Labrador|Anonymous
Yet her present scheme to accelerate its termination, became difficult even of trial.
Camilla|Fanny Burney
With tired dogs whose pace no whip or call could accelerate, we reached the fort at midday on the 21st.
The Great Lone Land|W. F. Butler
British Dictionary definitions for accelerate
accelerate
/ (ækˈsɛləˌreɪt) /
verb
to go, occur, or cause to go or occur more quickly; speed up
(tr)to cause to happen sooner than expected
(tr)to increase the velocity of (a body, reaction, etc); cause acceleration