fast-forwards

Definition of fast-forwardsnext
present tense third-person singular of fast-forward

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Verb
  • Strategic opportunity, legal risk Environmental groups say the risks extend beyond criminal financing to broader ecological destruction if foreign investment accelerates extraction.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
  • This will be done while continuously aligning skills, roles, and work as change accelerates.
    Nickle LaMoreaux, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • As the season progresses, though, these two worlds become more difficult to reconcile.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The Rangers will need their bats as the season progresses, especially Langford who entered this season with big expectations.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • While some commenters on @schube93’s video pointed out that Costco's competitor, Sam’s Club, already offers a scan-and-go feature in its smartphone app that speeds up the checkout process, others applauded the move.
    Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The group speeds up their walking to keep time with her.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The measure advances Howard County Executive Calvin Ball's Interfaith Action Plan, which analyzed 12 areas in an effort to ensure that all religious communities receive compassion, justice and care.
    JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • If this quest advances at the breakneck pace Isaacman desires, then Earth’s celestial sidekick will also become a place of profound scientific revelations.
    Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Each board comes with spread containers, bowls and a cheese knife.
    Tory Johnson, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The funding debate comes just months after Lexington neighbors voted to approve $660 million for a new high school.
    Juli McDonald, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That’s before Morgan steals a necklace from a chintzy gift shop run by a Turkish gangster named Yusuf, who proceeds to kidnap the pair, intimidate them at gunpoint, and threaten their family, forcing them to perform an array of odd jobs to make up for the petty theft.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
  • On March 27, a judge in that case blocked the government following through while the lawsuit proceeds.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Airfares tend to rise steadily beyond those tipping points, as the day of a flight nears.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
  • As the nation nears its 250th anniversary, the Postal Service remains proud to carry forward a public service mission that has helped connect the country since its earliest days.
    Readers Speak, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Fast-forwards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-forwards. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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