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as in hurriedly
with excessive or careless speed
the hastily put together report contained a lot of errors
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as in quickly
with great speed
the congresswoman hastily made her way towards the waiting elevator
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Recent Examples of hastily
The budget was hastily passed in the last two days of the legislative session to meet a June 1 deadline.
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Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
The United States has already seen what happens when a major weather catastrophe arrives shortly after a president hastily rearranges FEMA.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Floridians deserve to know that utility investments are grounded in thorough planning, not made hastily or based solely on industry input.
—Dawn Shirreffs, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
Her team hastily designed a sliding-scale lockdown system.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
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Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
The United States has already seen what happens when a major weather catastrophe arrives shortly after a president hastily rearranges FEMA.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Floridians deserve to know that utility investments are grounded in thorough planning, not made hastily or based solely on industry input.
—Dawn Shirreffs, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
Her team hastily designed a sliding-scale lockdown system.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hastily
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The combination of Prevost’s formal but reformist education and long fieldwork among people with very little but each other to insulate them from hardship was perhaps what drew Pope Francis to swiftly raise his standing at the Vatican as the Pontiff saw the dying of the light.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
1 July 2025
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Intelligence Explosion On The Way To AGI The moonshot path entails a sudden and generally unexpected radical breakthrough that swiftly transforms conventional AI into AGI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Basically, the Earth is going to rotate quicker than usual.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
9 July 2025
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On the road, a Launch Mode and Launch Cam helps drivers go quick fast and record themselves while doing it, with some statistics presented, perhaps for social media.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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Best Travel Tech Deals Nothing ruins a trip faster than your phone dying mid-flight or forgetting your wireless headphones at home.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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On these days, the moon will be at its furthest from the Earth's equator, changing its gravitational pull and causing our planet to spin just a tiny bit faster on its axis, according to science news website LiveScience.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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Reynolds said that his niece has cuts and bruises all over her entire body, but should be released from the hospital soon pending blood work.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 July 2025
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Iger Era: 2005-2014 Total points: 17 Bob Iger became Disney CEO in 2005 and soon after announced a $1.1 billion plan to fix Disney California Adventure after a dismal start to the second gate across the esplanade from Disneyland.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
7 July 2025
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Deputies promptly secured the scene and returned the following day with agents and analysts from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), as well as two cadaver dog teams from Colorado Forensic Canines, authorities added.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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This depends on your criteria, but UEFA Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain came into this tournament as the presumptive best team and promptly produced the most impressive win of the group stage, dismantling Atletico Madrid 4-0 in the sweltering heat of the Rose Bowl.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hastily. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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