hastening 1 of 2

noun

as in acceleration

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hastening

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verb

present participle of hasten
1
as in accelerating
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster hasten the activation of yeast with heat

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2
as in hurrying
to proceed or move quickly the contractors hastened to complete the project before the deadline

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Recent Examples of hastening
Verb
At heart Koosha appeared to be engaged in hastening the end-of-cinema moment Damon was predicting — and with the very source material supposedly staving it off. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 20 July 2026 There are plenty of studies suggesting that AI is hastening our collective cognitive decline. — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 But Sportman said more must be done, including draping the area with a tarp to prevent more water from entering the hole, hastening more erosion. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026 Far from resisting this slippage of standards, Hamilton seemed to be hastening it. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 Around the world, innovative architects, scientists, and engineers are exploring building techniques and materials that can create places to live without hastening climate change. — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026 The eclipse will pass over Galicia and then the Balearic Islands in Spain as sunset approaches, hastening the transition from day to night, according to the Spanish Scientific and Advisory Committee for the Trio of Eclipses. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 June 2026 The consequences ranged from hobbling Reconstruction to hastening the end of the Ottoman Empire to poisonous deflation, and the blundering response by governments helped shape the modern world. — Air Mail, 6 June 2026 Blended, the weakest of the three, underperformed at the box office, hastening Sandler’s seemingly permanent move to making Netflix comedies. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hastening
  1. acceleration
  2. accelerating
  3. hurrying
  4. quickening
  5. rushing
  6. speeding
  7. pushing
  8. scurrying
Noun
  • Summary New economic research clarifies AI's impact on future growth, predicting a moderate increase initially, then sharp acceleration.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Minor symptoms may be safe to monitor briefly, but slipping gears, loss of acceleration or difficulty staying in gear should be inspected right away.
    — Michael Kurko, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of acceleration
Verb
  • About one minute after takeoff, the Learjet 55 turned to the left and started a violent dive, descending at nearly 10,000 feet per minute while accelerating to more than 275 MPH, according to information collected by investigators.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Adoption is accelerating as the proverbial wheels are falling off the bus.
    — Jason Sabin, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of accelerating
Verb
  • That’s how Drake Maye ended his latest two-minute drill at Patriots training camp Monday, a meandering march that began around midfield and ended with Maye hurrying the offense to the 3-yard line with 10 seconds on the clock.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Set over the course of eight years (including the lockdown period during COVID), Herry’s film unfolds fluidly, neither hurrying scenes up unnecessarily, nor lingering too long on any incident.
    — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 May 2026
Definition of hurrying
Noun
  • Similar scenes of digital quickening are taking place all over Silicon Valley.
    — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 6 July 2026
  • The quickening of time will soon expose a partial, temporary truth, lodged within my grandmother’s premonition.
    — Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Definition of quickening
Verb
  • Young had 1,390 yards rushing and 20 touchdowns last season, while adding 114 yards receiving and a score.
    — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
  • So be sure to use your discernment before rushing into something.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of rushing
Verb
  • Some city and agency officials wondered about the effects of cars speeding past old buildings or museums with precious art inside.
    — Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Helicopter footage captured by local CBS and NBC affiliates showed the blue motorcycle speeding on surface streets, with the rider wearing a mask and often appearing to be talking on his phone, and at least once, standing up on his bike.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of speeding
Verb
  • The intense interest in the case is one reason why her lawyers are pushing for a retrial – the town was so crowded that at one stage jury members shared a hotel with the prosecution team and an informant.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • After the demise of SB 10, lawmakers were tepid on pushing any cash bail reforms until a ruling in 2021 known as the Humphrey ruling.
    — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of pushing
Verb
  • Set on a stage at the very highest level of the stands, that similarly crowded performance looked like a Grammys medley on video but must have resembled ants scurrying around a screensaver to much of the in-person audience.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 19 July 2026
  • McClair, a scurrying cerebral Glaswegian signed from Celtic and one of the few players to outsmart his boss Sir Alex Ferguson, had become the first in 20 years, since Best, to score 20 league goals for United.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of scurrying

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