Recent Examples on the WebInitially priced at $9.25 million, the price was lickety-split dropped to $8.75 million.—Mark David, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023 In the handful of years between the end of World War I and the 1929 stock market crash, Los Angeles became, lickety-split, the aviation capital of the nation.—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023 Thankfully, the accelerator isn’t overly sensitive, because pinning it rockets the MoonBike to its 26-mph claimed top speed lickety-split.—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2023
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