expedited
adjective
ex·pe·dit·ed
ˈek-spə-ˌdī-təd 
: accelerated or sped up : promptly executed
The so-called "Registered Traveler" program is designed to allow those who have submitted personal information, been fingerprinted and then been given a security clearance to bypass regular crowded security lines and move through their own expedited checkpoints.—
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All that calculus has to be completed on an expedited timetable.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 23 July 2024
One of the country’s oldest backlogs of untested evidence from rape exams is on track to be processed by the end of the year after new laws in Maryland put more than 1,400 cases dating back to 1977 on an expedited timetable.
—Catherine Rentz, ProPublica, 22 July 2024
Meanwhile, with the Democratic Party split on Biden’s political future, the lawmakers’ letter draft to the DNC said the party needs more time to sort out its presidential ticket, and that an expedited nomination process would undermine that effort.
—Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 16 July 2024
Ohio has since moved its ballot deadline to the end of August, but the DNC has maintained its expedited nomination plan.
—Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 16 July 2024
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Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 23 July 2024
One of the country’s oldest backlogs of untested evidence from rape exams is on track to be processed by the end of the year after new laws in Maryland put more than 1,400 cases dating back to 1977 on an expedited timetable.
—Catherine Rentz, ProPublica, 22 July 2024
Meanwhile, with the Democratic Party split on Biden’s political future, the lawmakers’ letter draft to the DNC said the party needs more time to sort out its presidential ticket, and that an expedited nomination process would undermine that effort.
—Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 16 July 2024
Ohio has since moved its ballot deadline to the end of August, but the DNC has maintained its expedited nomination plan.
—Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 16 July 2024
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“Expedited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expedited. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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