hastening 1 of 2

present participle of hasten
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hastening

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Recent Examples of hastening
Noun
This not only proves fruitless, but the probes seem to be hastening the closing of the wormhole. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025 They could also be set to task curing disease, discovering new technologies, and hastening the global transition to a green economy, according to their most optimistic proponents. Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Aug. 2025 In the holocaust of the South Bronx, lighting a match could seem like just hastening the inevitable. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 Read All About It Priscilla Presley’s former business partners accused her of hastening daughter Lisa Marie Presley’s death to secure her own spot atop Elvis’ financial kingdom, a bombshell lawsuit alleges. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hastening
Verb
  • What was once a rapidly accelerating movement now faces significant headwinds, with both external and internal pressures threatening to stall progress.
    Heather V. MacArthur, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This innovative installation may hold one of the keys to accelerating a transition away from fossil fuels that scientists say is necessary if the world is to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Before the new regulations, says Annie Inglis, Marine Biology Presenter with Quark, the expedition crew would be hurrying to get guests in Zodiacs to try to get closer to a bear sighting like this.
    Cassidy Randall, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On highways and surface roads in the rural countryside west of Detroit, the 2025 Ford Explorer was smooth and quiet, with plenty of power for highway acceleration.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The firm said the company continues to drive meaningful industry share gains and sees an acceleration in revenue growth in 2026.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Plus-size segment remains underserved by apparel market Mallorie Dunn, a professor of fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and owner of SmartGlamour, a clothing line that offers the smallest and largest sizes, worries about the apparel retail market rushing to conclusions.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Why are fans rushing to see this movie?
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The outlets report that footage of the stunt show posted on social media shows speeding cars spinning on the road with smoke coming from their tailpipes.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The natural rate of decline in output from the world's oil and gas fields is speeding up, owing to more reliance on shale and deep offshore resources, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.
    Seher Dareen, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The quickening of time will soon expose a partial, temporary truth, lodged within my grandmother’s premonition.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now, major Hollywood unions and progressive groups are pushing back, accusing ABC and its affiliates of censorship and demanding a boycott of Disney properties.
    Amanda Castro Shane Croucher Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Even as Brazil slows deforestation, more than 13% of the Amazon is gone, pushing one of the planet’s largest carbon sinks closer to a tipping point.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then, either a heave, or some scurrying around and then a heave.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
  • There were quick glimpses of a Monty Mole burrowing underground, Cheep Cheeps swimming in a stream and Toads scurrying around the castle.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025

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