as in rapidly
with great speed
the end of another year is hastening apace
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Recent Examples of apace
Indeed, the unemployment rate has already risen nearly a full point over the past two-and-a-half years, while the market rally continues apace.
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Kelly Evans, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Production of the Ioniq 9 and smaller Ioniq 5 has proceeded apace.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
Almost a year after Sora’s debut, the AI boom (which many have argued is a bubble) continues apace, and OpenAI has now unveiled Sora 2.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Following last summer’s Paris Olympics and a spate of tie-ups like LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s partnership with F1, the sports-fashion connection continues to grow apace.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
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Kelly Evans, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Production of the Ioniq 9 and smaller Ioniq 5 has proceeded apace.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
Almost a year after Sora’s debut, the AI boom (which many have argued is a bubble) continues apace, and OpenAI has now unveiled Sora 2.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Following last summer’s Paris Olympics and a spate of tie-ups like LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s partnership with F1, the sports-fashion connection continues to grow apace.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apace
Adverb
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But her condition rapidly worsened.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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The 25-year-old menswear influencer produces content rooted in educational style advice that often focuses on timeless brands like Ralph Lauren and Giorgio Armani, and has rapidly amassed over 500,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram since 2022.—
Ashley Ogawa Clarke,
Vogue,
12 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Rice quickly replaced Parolin with Fielder and sophomore forward Dylan Andrews with sophomore forward Pearson Carmichael.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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The video, narrated with dry sarcasm and visible exhaustion, quickly went viral.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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But Trump’s description of the Mexican trafficking world – one dominated by a few cartels that can be swiftly defeated – is at odds with how the crime organizations actually operate, experts say.—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Pine works swiftly to gather information on Roper's deal and even forms an alliance with his boss's girlfriend Jed (Elizabeth Debicki) who is plotting her own escape.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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This simple design works well once the engine is already moving very fast.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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This, coupled with the fact that dark stars could have existed before normal stars, would allow supermassive black holes to form much faster than the standard chain of black hole mergers thought to create supermassive black holes.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Senate rejected a three-year extension last month, but serious bipartisan talks are underway in hopes of finding a compromise soon, reportedly early next week.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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According to a Mercury News report from the time, the neighbor called for help, and was soon joined by another resident who described the apartment as having been ransacked.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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If a lawyer bills a client for thousands of hours of work that could realistically be done much quicker by an AI model, the client could have a case to contest the charges, Judge Furman said.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Khorsand said the City Council is streamlining building permits to get construction moving along quicker.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Apace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apace. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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