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apace

adverb

ə-ˈpās

Definition of apace

as in rapidly

with great speed the end of another year is hastening apace

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Recent Examples of apace Meanwhile, development of surrounding farmland continued apace, and by 1982 the school had shrunk to just eight students. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 California‘s Michelin winning streak continues apace in 2026. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 26 June 2026 The Phoebe Bridgers news cycle continues apace. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026 While development of the Starship launch vehicle continues apace, in 2026, SpaceX also supports 10 million+ Starlink customers. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for apace

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In its premiere, this was a Korean Cherry Orchard performed in Korean for audiences that needed no primer on its setting, the rapidly changing globalized city where the characters’ home is threatening to disappear.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
These will cause glucose to flood the bloodstream quite rapidly, and then your pancreas responds by pumping out all this insulin.

— Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of rapidly

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Yet subsequent agreements have followed a similar pattern, the officials said, with Feinberg’s private-sector hires at OSC and the newer Economic Defense Unit sidelining career officials in order to ink deals as quickly as possible.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The relationship quickly became serious and highly visible, with the pair making public appearances and Rodgers openly discussing their life together.

— Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of quickly

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The looming question is whether European leaders, institutions, and citizens can pivot swiftly enough so that the bloc can use its economic heft to take responsibility for its own security.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Kovacik, who suddenly saw people running to see what happened, later drove swiftly to the source of the smoke.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of swiftly

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Their aim was to get bills out the door sooner and for the county to pay back districts that took a financial hit because of prior billing delays.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
My colleague Howard Blume recently wrote about district officials pressing ahead with a multibillion-dollar modernization and rebuilding plan, raising questions about investing in campuses that soon may be shuttered.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of soon

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As a result, Price matured much quicker than the other kids in the neighborhood while Butler persevered against cancer.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Back in Canada, Cohan said his wish list for the local TV industry is to become leaner and quick-footed on the regulatory front.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

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