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fast-forwards

verb

present tense third-person singular of fast-forward
as in accelerates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-forwards
  1. accelerates
  2. progresses
  3. speeds
  4. advances
  5. comes
  6. proceeds
  7. nears
Verb
  • As close cycles compress and reporting accelerates, finance professionals can spend less time on reconciliation and number crunching and more time on analysis and business partnership.
    — Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • As the aircraft accelerates and the conditions become suitable for ramjet operation, airflow can be redirected so that the ramjet becomes the primary source of propulsion.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of accelerates
Verb
  • As the season progresses, with more data, the rankings should look more and more accurate.
    — Austin Mock, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • But as the season progresses, those crises compound, drawing in the expanding cast of characters and making Russ’s untenable situation harder to contain.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of progresses
Verb
  • Ethylene speeds up the spoilage of this produce and can cause these fruits and veggies to go dull and yellow, wilt, soften, and become bitter.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Accelerate briskly and the beat speeds up and the higher frequencies come in.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of speeds
Verb
  • If Toronto advances, Cease and Soriano wouldn’t be ready until the second and third games of a divisional series, but the Jays could still use their bullpen and three starters to get through.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • If the tube is empty, the carousel advances to the next one; if it is loaded, the system waits for the robotic arm to retrieve the shuttlecock.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of advances
Verb
  • As a retired fighter, Taylor faces the daunting task of deciding what comes next.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • There comes a moment, looking at Evans’s dense worlds, when the eye stops decoding and the mind begins to surrender.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of comes
Verb
  • The state agreed not to enforce those requirements against those plaintiffs for now, while the case proceeds.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • On Friday, Lee issued a tentative ruling indicating that she was inclined to halt work on the facility while a lawsuit brought by state and county authorities proceeds.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of proceeds
Verb
  • As Bohm's trial nears, Thompson has been reliving the memories from that night and the terrible weeks that followed.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • As Cuba’s hot summer nears its end with no sign of regime change on the communist-run island, Cubans continue to suffer miserable living conditions as the country’s humanitarian crisis gets disturbingly worse.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of nears
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“Fast-forwards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-forwards. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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