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Recent Examples of fleet-footed Tielemans is not the most fleet-footed, but neither can he be allowed much of a head-start. Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 As with any Morris documentary, Chaos is clear-eyed and fleet-footed, balancing multiple perspectives and challenging its subjects. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2025 In the face of uncertainty over China’s future, U.S. policymakers must remain flexible and fleet-footed. Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014 And there are simply too many characters and too many cities and too many quests and too many fights to keep the show balanced and fleet-footed. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2023 But Pine is the secret sauce that keeps this thing buoyant and fleet-footed, even when the plot turns start piling up. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleet-footed
Adjective
  • The school’s rapid closure comes as it was already eyed by the district for a long-term closure as part of an ongoing facilities master plan.
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2025
  • That’s a rapid ascent that only the biggest names in the genre can manage.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Think: a brisk stair climb between Zoom calls, a few yoga stretches before breakfast, or a quick round of squats at the top of each hour.
    Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • While its cozy fabric will serve you well on brisk spring evenings, its lightweight design is easy to throw over your shoulders for added texture once temperatures rise.
    Averi Baudler, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality.
    Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 June 2021
  • The artist was in Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse.
    NBC News, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2019
Adjective
  • Ivanka posted a video and pictures to her social media platforms on Monday following the celebration, during which Theo and Barkley had a quick game of catch while running around the area.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Instead, Gagliardi recommends running a quick wash cycle and adding a product like Clorox® Laundry Sanitizer, which can squash the odor-causing bacteria lurking in your damp laundry.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Wesley Watson, 84, was killed in a three-car crash near a fast food restaurant in Concord, a little before 6 p.m. on Aug. 18, 2022.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Public charging: two networks are (much) better than one Public fast charging is a sore subject in the non-Tesla world.
    Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The truth is no one should be surprised by the swift start.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Trump's March executive order overhauling how U.S. elections are run prompted swift lawsuits from the League of United Latin American Citizens, the League of Women Voters Education Fund, the Democratic National Committee and others, who called it unconstitutional.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • America cannot achieve the Trump goal of true energy dominance while also pursuing anything resembling a real, speedy energy transition without finding ways to dramatically reduce timelines associated with federal permitting.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The Jets have gone 7-10, 7-10, and 5-12 in the last three seasons, which is likely a big reason why the speedy running back would want out.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Fleet-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleet-footed. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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