1
as in flowing
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
we breezed through the line for customs at the airport
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2
as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly
the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency
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Recent Examples of breezing
The memory foam insole is a dream for long travel days, and the slip-on design makes breezing through TSA feel almost luxurious.
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Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
This version of the Bills has more flaws, particularly defensively, than the team that reached last season’s AFC Championship Game after breezing through Denver in the first round.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Meadow received the ball at the perimeter before breezing past his man and throwing it down.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025
From breezing through paperwork to avoiding unnecessary airport delays, this tiny travel hero proves that sometimes the simplest tools are the most important.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Wednesday is when the cooldown should hit its maximum reach, with cooler than normal conditions breezing through much of the South, all the way to the Gulf Coast.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
This version of the Bills has more flaws, particularly defensively, than the team that reached last season’s AFC Championship Game after breezing through Denver in the first round.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Meadow received the ball at the perimeter before breezing past his man and throwing it down.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025
From breezing through paperwork to avoiding unnecessary airport delays, this tiny travel hero proves that sometimes the simplest tools are the most important.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Wednesday is when the cooldown should hit its maximum reach, with cooler than normal conditions breezing through much of the South, all the way to the Gulf Coast.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breezing
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The upstream piranhas attacked her, and her blood flowing downstream attracted the rest of the piranhas, leaving the creek clear for the herd to cross.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Florio said that the key is to keep gas flowing into the furnace.—
John Shumway,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Processing film dailies during on-set production, both speeding the ingest process and enabling quick evaluation of creative options during shooting.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Seconds later, another police vehicle speeding to the scene barrels over the man, the video shows.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Having a better understanding of how completely satellites burn up in the atmosphere will help experts better assess the risk these objects pose to people and property on Earth, as well as to cruising aircraft.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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When the snowstorms come, or even ice, many drivers opt to hit the highways as opposed to cruising through the main city streets.—
Cheyenne Derksen,
Oklahoman,
23 Jan. 2026
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But one weekend in November, people who would typically be hurrying by, staring down at their phones, stopped.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
15 Dec. 2025
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Butler began hurrying Boise State and pushing up the tempo, which allowed the Broncos to score off several backdoor cuts and slip screens for big dunks and layups at the rim.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Dec. 2025
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To convey the spirit of the moment, John Edwards inverted the photograph, turning the reflection into an illusion where the sky above the Buddha becomes a tapestry of floating flowers and drifting plants.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Ice, blowing and drifting snow has created extremely hazardous road conditions.—
Cheryl Vari,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Jan. 2026
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Pittsburgh Police say a woman has been charged with animal neglect and is accused of zipping a puppy inside of a suitcase.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
31 Dec. 2025
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Cooking classes, e-biking through the vineyards, hot air balloon rides, and zipping around the country roads in a Ferrari are also on offer.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Dec. 2025
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The area is so nationally notorious that the Border Patrol chose it to stage an invasion here in July, complete with a literal cavalry of agents trotting down a soccer field where kids usually play while National Guard troops sat inside armored Humvees on Wilshire Boulevard.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Starring Evan Peters, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Pope, Anthony Ramos and Ashton Kutcher, The Beauty explores the secret, privileged and dark realms of vanity and perfection-seeking within a globe-trotting crime thriller backdrop.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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With the most recent round of layoffs at Meta, plenty of online commenters have been rushing to declare virtual reality and the metaverse dead.—
Cortney Harding,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Video footage verified by The New York Times shows a member of staff rushing to an entrance to the consulate, where an agent appears to have opened the door.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Breezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breezing. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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