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speedup

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7 lettersPart of speech nounSorted deeppsuStarts with SEnds with P0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

Word origin

Deverbal from speed up.

Used in a sentence

  • The results of this generalized speedup of the corporate metabolism are multiple: shorter product life cycles, more leasing and renting, more frequent buying and selling, more ephemeral consumption patterns, […]
  • For the mass of new workers who had not come out of a syndicalist or craft tradition, incentive pay and the speedup idea carried relatively little negative meaning.
  • The strike was over a speedup of the assembly line, which in the previous week had increased from 49 to 58 cars per hour. Out of this strike emerged the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM).

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