as in accelerating
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster
we're going to fast-track this project so that the product is in the stores for the holiday shopping season
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-tracking
Verb
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The suspect was accelerating and weaving to try to shake the officer off.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Here, sea level rise is accelerating at some of the most extreme rates on Earth, while hurricanes increasingly are swirling ashore with an unprecedented ferociousness.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The rushing defense is one of the worst in the league.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Most of the time, our road crews have us up and running by the next day, so rushing for a winter storm seems sort of silly.—
Ray Petelin,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Kennedy Botts with Sisters PGH, a nonprofit serving the Black transgender community, is pushing back on that argument.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Friends of the Everglades is pushing for 160 square miles of additional conservation land in the Everglades Agricultural Area, to create space for 1 million more acre-feet of water storage.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Fast-tracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-tracking. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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