1
: operated or adapted for operation at high speed
2
: relating to the production of short-exposure photographs of rapidly moving objects or events of short duration
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Six days before Ronald Wilbert Wilson’s 74th birthday, a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy lost control of his SUV during a high-speed chase and slammed into Wilson’s pickup truck.
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Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
The film, which already won the Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at Sundance and was featured at SXSW, is a 14-minute high-speed study of someone’s life, seen only through pieces of paper.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
The emergence of high-speed internet may change that.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
Authorities in Sonoma County arrested a driver following a high-speed pursuit that ended with a rollover crash into a vineyard on Wednesday.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
The film, which already won the Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at Sundance and was featured at SXSW, is a 14-minute high-speed study of someone’s life, seen only through pieces of paper.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
The emergence of high-speed internet may change that.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
Authorities in Sonoma County arrested a driver following a high-speed pursuit that ended with a rollover crash into a vineyard on Wednesday.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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“High-speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-speed. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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