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Examples of swiftness in a Sentence
with amazing swiftness, the airline agent got our ticket changed, and we boarded the plane just as it was about to leave
Recent Examples of swiftness from the Web
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The swiftness by which the Astros dismissed the Rangers in '18, however, is a little more eye-raising.
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But the swiftness of the immigration agency’s action was deeply unsettling for his wife, Sandra Chica, and their children and outraged Democratic lawmakers and officials.
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Such is that swiftness — rivals have derided it as aggressiveness — that SoftBank is often willing to pour huge sums into early startups at enormous valuations, crowding out other potential investors in the process.
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In a move of surprising swiftness, the orchestra announced on Friday, March 16, that Hope would succeed Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg as music director.
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The swiftness of Justify’s rise sets him apart from previous Triple Crown candidates.
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Wiseheart said the current differs depending on the scope and swiftness of the storms.
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The swiftness of Phan's arrest stood in sharp contrast to the three-week hunt for a serial bomber who terrorized the Austin area for three weeks this month, killing two people and injuring five others.
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Classical theories of crime assumed that there were three factors of punishment that deterred people from committing a crime: swiftness, certainty, and severity.
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First Known Use of swiftness
before 12th century
swiftness Synonyms
Synonyms
celerity, fastness, fleetness, haste, hurry, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, velocity;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpidity, torpor;
Related Words
clip, gait, pace, rate, tempo;
acceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness, rush;
alacrity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptitude, promptness;
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