fast-forwarded

verb

past tense of fast-forward
as in sped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-forwarded
  1. sped
  2. accelerated
  3. progressed
  4. proceeded
  5. came
  6. paced
  7. marched
  8. advanced
Verb
  • More recently, Jaguar has struggled with leadership turnover and an aging lineup, ending production for most models two years ago while newer rivals like Tesla, Lucid and Porsche sped past.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The living room and bedrooms faced 96th, a crosstown corridor over which ambulances and police cars sped day and night, their sirens howling.
    — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of sped
Verb
  • That prospect has also accelerated efforts to develop quantum-resistant cryptography.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Freestanding beauty stores’ openings will be accelerated in other countries.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of accelerated
Verb
  • The technology has progressed to full-scale demonstrations at Kairos Power’s Oak Ridge campus in Tennessee, where the company’s Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor is under construction.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Gifting or transferring shares after a sale or offering has progressed too far leaves room for the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the valuation.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of progressed
Verb
  • In 2012, Brand took Australian journalist Liz Hayes’ head into his hands during an interview and proceeded to kiss her face and place his hands on her body.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • After cleaning the pizza slicer, an employee proceeded to return it to the pizza cutting table without sanitizing.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of proceeded
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of came
Verb
  • The Gators paced the league for a second consecutive October.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
  • It’s spooked the worlds of corporate and art alike, especially after months of headlines over the potentially world-ending nature of AI models and warnings that progress needs to be paced.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of paced
Verb
  • Several opposition lawmakers and thousands of supporters marched through the capital and submitted a petition to the chief justice alleging irregularities in the nationwide revision of voter lists.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Her shoes were very similar in style to her mother’s, and the pair looked on as Princess Leonor marched in the parade in formal military attire to celebrate completing three years of training.
    — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of marched
Verb
  • In September 2026, FreightWaves reported that the program had advanced to a phase involving a 30-mile stretch between Vidalia and an area east of Helena, Georgia.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Leipold’s unsportsmanlike conduct penalty advanced the ball to the 6-yard line.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of advanced
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“Fast-forwarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-forwarded. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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