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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News of the high-speed crash in March, unlike previous incidents, evaded Beijing’s censors and spread widely.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Using robotics and high-speed chemistry, the team compressed what would normally be months of painstaking lab work into a single week.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
Each February, Saratoga hosts high-speed skijoring competitions, a one-of-a-kind sport that pairs horses with skiers racing through obstacle courses consisting of jumps, gates, and rings.
—Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India's northeastern state of Assam early Saturday, local authorities said.
—CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Using robotics and high-speed chemistry, the team compressed what would normally be months of painstaking lab work into a single week.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
Each February, Saratoga hosts high-speed skijoring competitions, a one-of-a-kind sport that pairs horses with skiers racing through obstacle courses consisting of jumps, gates, and rings.
—Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India's northeastern state of Assam early Saturday, local authorities said.
—CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
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“High-speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-speed. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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