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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Crested Butte is running the Red Lady Express, a high-speed quad chair that serves the lower part of the main mountain.
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
By contrast, no Amtrak line meets international high-speed standards.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Diana died in Paris in 1997 in a high-speed car crash.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Commercial aviation companies, too, are reentering high-speed flight.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
By contrast, no Amtrak line meets international high-speed standards.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Diana died in Paris in 1997 in a high-speed car crash.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Commercial aviation companies, too, are reentering high-speed flight.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
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“High-speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-speed. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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