at lightning speed

idiom

: extremely quickly

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Information now travels at lightning speed, which requires businesses to be more agile and adaptable to keep up with the faster pace of change. Jenna Guarneri, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Nowhere is this shift more evident than on TikTok, where a new generation of founders is bypassing traditional gatekeepers by building loyal customer bases and scaling their businesses at lightning speed. Catherine Erdly, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Not Your Ordinary Margaritas Behind the colorfully tiled bar, hundreds of margaritas are rimmed with salt and sent out at lightning speed. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025 President Donald Trump has worked to advance his agenda at lightning speed, but courts have halted those efforts after an avalanche of challenges to his actions. Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at lightning speed

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“At lightning speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20lightning%20speed. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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