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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-forwarding
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Policymakers should focus on accelerating implementation of Africa’s free trade area to make the continent more resilient to global shocks, the secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat said.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025 -
With rising prices suppressing demand, Cohen said many businesses will choose to slash orders in the upcoming holiday season, triggering layoffs and accelerating economic slowdown.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
20 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
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When the former fed asked him how the script was proceeding, he was met with stunned silence.—
Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Projects such as Interstate 80 between Davis and Sacramento and Route 65 in Placer County are proceeding as scheduled.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Knights’ seniors are advancing past the first round of the Southern Section playoffs for the first time during their four years at Foothill.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Solutions Studio will offer services advancing transparency and accountability across the global supply chain.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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Throughout that opening period, Taiwo Awoniyi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Douglas Luiz and Elliot Anderson lined up as seen below to stop the visitors from progressing play centrally.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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In clinical trials that tested teplizumab in people at high risk for type 1, the drug reduced the risk of progressing to stage 3 by 59 percent overall.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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Inflation data from July, August and September specifically are used as benchmarks to help set the COLA for the coming year.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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Westintrends Outdoor Folding Adirondack Chair Winter is coming, but this Adirondack chair is built to handle it.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Oct. 2025
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By this point, the studio was well aware of what audiences came to Nightmare on Elm Street sequels for, making the wonky pacing that much more confounding.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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David Fry remembers pacing in the batting cage during the 2024 playoffs, his way of coping with wielding no influence over what was unfolding on the field.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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