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
From lost season to lockdown closer, an outrageous development punctuated by Sasaki breezing through three perfect innings in Game 4 of the NLDS.
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Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 12 Oct. 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
Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 12 Oct. 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
Verb
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Just below her hips was a flowing tulle design.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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By the next year, hundreds of thousands of dollars from people with links to the developers began flowing into the campaign coffers of state Republican lawmakers, campaign expense reports show.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Oct. 2025
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Once inside, the gang smashed two display cases and made off with several jewels before speeding away on motorbikes.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Phoenix police were looking for the driver of a speeding Tesla that hit a bicyclist who died.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Cunard is a cruising pioneer Cunard, based in Southampton, England, has operated passenger ships on the North Atlantic since 1840 — that’s more than 50 years before Miami was founded.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns went at it in Week 6, with the Steelers cruising to a 23-9 blowout win.—
Anne Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Two members of the airline crew can then be seen hurrying from the rear of the plane toward the fire.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Pedestrians are hurrying past to find their places on Fifth Avenue, but the girls have a different kind of readiness about them.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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According to Reuters, 58 reports describe Teslas blowing through red lights, drifting into the wrong lanes and even crashing at intersections.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Under Massimiliano Allegri, Pulisic now operates closer to goal in a narrower, inside-channel role — drifting between the lines as a second striker or advanced No 10.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Zimmer returns to Fire Country this season as Renée Hoffman, a globe-trotting lawyer and Vince's high school girlfriend.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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The display features a larger-than-life horse sculpture trotting through birch trees created from piano keys.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There’s a big difference between occasionally dabbling in a few sailings to the Bahamas—or perhaps zipping about on a speedboat—and true expertise in the water.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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The hour-long series is at its best when Russell and Sewell are zipping passionate opinions back and forth like Olympic ping-ping players, and the series isn’t built (in its scripts or its production) to expand that far beyond verbal tête-à-têtes.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Edmisten finished with 165 yards rushing and scored two TDs.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Walker added 81 yards rushing for Tri-County, while O’Brien had 65 yards receiving.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Breezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breezing. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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