as in quickly
with great speed
summer vacation has gone by way too rapidly
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Recent Examples of rapidly
By improving detection capabilities against drone swarms, the technology could strengthen air-defense networks and reduce vulnerabilities created by rapidly evolving drone warfare tactics.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
The scientists plan to return to the Weißseespitze at least one more time to try and retrieve what’s left of the ice for further insight into how atmospheric pollution has changed in the rapidly warming, post-industrial world.
—Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2026
But the new hospital would also have a helipad in case a child needs to be transferred rapidly, by helicopter, to Lurie’s downtown location, Malakooti said.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
The autonomous robotic lab can rapidly process experiments and operate without constant human oversight.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
How the Script Walks a Tonal Tightrope Radcliffe credited playwrights Macmillan and Donahoe with building a structure that lets the performer pivot rapidly between the heavy and the silly.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Frederiksen said the university also is working within a fast-changing realm of changes in the workforce, what employers are seeking and fields that are transforming rapidly.
—Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026
What teachers can do The current, rapidly shifting war in the Middle East is sharply distinct from the war on terror.
—Amaarah Decuir, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
That fatigue is dangerous, because time is the one resource that fiscal reformers are rapidly running out of.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
The scientists plan to return to the Weißseespitze at least one more time to try and retrieve what’s left of the ice for further insight into how atmospheric pollution has changed in the rapidly warming, post-industrial world.
—Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2026
But the new hospital would also have a helipad in case a child needs to be transferred rapidly, by helicopter, to Lurie’s downtown location, Malakooti said.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
The autonomous robotic lab can rapidly process experiments and operate without constant human oversight.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
How the Script Walks a Tonal Tightrope Radcliffe credited playwrights Macmillan and Donahoe with building a structure that lets the performer pivot rapidly between the heavy and the silly.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Frederiksen said the university also is working within a fast-changing realm of changes in the workforce, what employers are seeking and fields that are transforming rapidly.
—Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026
What teachers can do The current, rapidly shifting war in the Middle East is sharply distinct from the war on terror.
—Amaarah Decuir, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
That fatigue is dangerous, because time is the one resource that fiscal reformers are rapidly running out of.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapidly
Adverb
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Bumila quickly found himself in foul trouble, and was forced to take a seat briefly.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Markets reacted swiftly, with Dow futures tumbling 900 points.—
Nur Hikmah Md Ali,
CNBC,
9 Mar. 2026
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South Korea is looking to stave off new tariffs from the United States by swiftly passing a bill guaranteeing a $350 billion investment in American industry.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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This is why time passes at different rates dependent on your elevation on Earth, and why your head (which is farther from the Earth’s center, and in a region of slightly less spacetime curvature) ages faster as compared with your feet.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, the Smiths found that available single-family homes listed at around $800,000 or $900,000 would move fast and sell for well over $1 million.—
Carisa Crawford Chappell,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The additional beds are intended to help alleviate long waits in the hospital’s emergency department by getting patients into hospital beds quicker.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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The brand has even included a convenient hanging hook to expedite the already quick-drying properties of this base layer in the event things get a little too wet and wild.—
Harry Spampinato,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Kimmel eventually returned to the air six days later, and both Nexstar and Sinclair also soon after restored the show to their stations.—
Kristin Brown,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Denver equalized in the 20th minute, but Sonis was soon sent off and Bay FC took control.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Rapidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapidly. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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