at lightning speed

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: extremely quickly

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Building The Future, Responsibly Generative AI is evolving at lightning speed, and the supporting infrastructure has to evolve even faster. Wes Cummins, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Equivalent to a cosmic gateway, eclipse portals mark the two-week window where fate accelerates, timelines shift and life-altering events begin to unfold at lightning speed. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025 The videos were posted and reposted at lightning speed. Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025 While generative AI tools are moving into classrooms at lightning speed, robust research on the question at hand hasn’t moved nearly as fast. Brian W. Stone, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at lightning speed

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