1
as in speed
a high rate of movement or performance
made haste to get there on time
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2
as in hustle
excited and often showy or disorderly speed
haste makes waste in her haste, she forgot her keys
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Recent Examples of haste
Other characters are less-well served by the haste needed to get to Rogue One within the span of a dozen episodes.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2025
There was no blood, but the violence had rhythm, like a theater of fear.
Inside the intake room, a sea of trustees descended on the men with electric shavers, stripping heads of hair with haste.
—Philip Holsinger, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
By using its emergency docket to leap to the Administration’s defense, the Court acted with unseemly haste and engaged in overt cherry-picking.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Why did Jennifer, who’d waited years for Mr. Perfect, suddenly move with such haste?
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2025
There was no blood, but the violence had rhythm, like a theater of fear.
Inside the intake room, a sea of trustees descended on the men with electric shavers, stripping heads of hair with haste.
—Philip Holsinger, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
By using its emergency docket to leap to the Administration’s defense, the Court acted with unseemly haste and engaged in overt cherry-picking.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Why did Jennifer, who’d waited years for Mr. Perfect, suddenly move with such haste?
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haste
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In effect, platform engineering principles are all about streamlining and standardizing the development, deployment and management of applications to improve productivity, reduce operational overheads, shorten application cycle times and accelerate speed to market.—
Steve Millidge,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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These currents vary in speed and can swiftly become perilous for anyone venturing into the surf.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2025
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The city’s once iconic hustle is soon to be suffocated by a dangerous ideology prioritizing government control over opportunity.—
Mike Dunleavy,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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After entering the game 0 for 8 in the series and looking visibly frustrated in the process, Crow-Armstrong snapped out of his mini slump by going 3 for 4 with a pair of home runs, a trio of runs batted in and a hustle double for good measure.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
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On Sunday, the velocity on his four-seam fastball was down 1 mph.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
29 June 2025
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Still, for many of the players who were dominant during tennis’ defining era, today’s shrunken audiences are somewhat baffling, given the athleticism on display and the dizzying velocity of the aggro-baseliner game.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
27 June 2025
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These scam websites, filled with phishing traps, malware and fake products, were created in the past two months, just in time for the Prime Day rush.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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In sport’s rush to innovate, digital ventures haven’t always paid off.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
5 July 2025
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All three sectors know that as the Trump administration considers further policy, and as the administration’s trade talks with China progress, things could change in a hurry.—
Ethan Karp,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Being an important man Tommy was always in a hurry.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts are possible in thunderstorms.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
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The mesoscale conductive vortex essentially spun the remnants of a tropical system, causing significant ascent or rising motion to activate that moisture into condensation and precipitation in an efficient manner, according to Shepherd.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 July 2025
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“Haste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haste. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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