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Yes, that is correct. And the original question about gravity is also affected that way. You won't keep accelerating if you're falling. For example, a skydiver, before she opens her parachute, will start by accelerating downward at 9.8 m/s/s, but then this acceleration starts to slow, typically maxing out at about 200 km/h. At that point the upward force of drag (based on her speed, surface area, and drag coefficient) will equal the force of gravity (based on her mass, and the Earth's gravity, which is approximately constant).
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