as in to facilitate
formal
to cause (something) to happen faster
They've asked the judge to expedite the lawsuits. We'll do what we can to expedite the processing of your insurance claim.
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Recent Examples of expedite
These organizational pockets help expedite your way through security, too.
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Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
With an intuitive user interface and transcription utility that provides audio asset management, enabling direct access to edit decision lists and audio session files, Kraken expedites the assembly of audio files while providing visual aids to find and resolve issues.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
There may be affordable openings, then, both for buyers who have rates over 7% right now and those who have 30-year terms looking to expedite their payoff timeline (and reduce their rate) by refinancing into a 15-year alternative.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
The city declared a local emergency to expedite its response.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
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Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
With an intuitive user interface and transcription utility that provides audio asset management, enabling direct access to edit decision lists and audio session files, Kraken expedites the assembly of audio files while providing visual aids to find and resolve issues.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
There may be affordable openings, then, both for buyers who have rates over 7% right now and those who have 30-year terms looking to expedite their payoff timeline (and reduce their rate) by refinancing into a 15-year alternative.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
The city declared a local emergency to expedite its response.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for expedite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expedite
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Oman previously hosted the indirect talks on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and facilitated the latest round in Geneva last week.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Feb. 2026
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This latest news comes just a few weeks after Mayweather filed a lawsuit against Showtime Networks and the former president of Showtime Sports, accusing the company of helping facilitate a fraud scheme that deprived him of roughly $340 million in earnings.—
Matt Schubert,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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By doing this, the team effectively took a motor designed to accelerate a dirt bike aggressively and put it into a tiny quadricycle roughly the size of a fridge.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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The moment land became a milestone, the campaign accelerated.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
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