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Recent Examples of meteorically
Grid interconnection applications have also risen meteorically.
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Diganta Sengupta, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Diganta Sengupta, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meteorically
Adverb
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Using this, the team, after exposing and developing a wafer, rapidly froze the developer to 32°F (–175°C), stopping everything in place.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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With nothing but West Ham’s rapidly retreating defence in front of him, and an instant four-on-four, Guimaraes drove forward before picking out Murphy to his right, in a position to isolate left-back El Hadji Malick Diouf with a one-vs-one.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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That more than compensated for the absence of Dixon-Waters, who was SDSU’s leading scorer in both preseason exhibitions (19 and 17 points) after missing all of last season with a fractured bone in his foot that refused to heal quickly.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The actual bracket will be created on December 7 and if this sport has taught us anything this season, things escalate quickly.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Several of the production facilities that CNN analyzed have swiftly replaced villages and farmland, growing by tens of thousands of square feet in the past five years.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Even 6 inches of swiftly moving water can forcefully knock you off your feet.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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This electric kettle from Walmart will speedily heat up water for tea lovers or pour-over coffee connoisseurs.—
Brandi Fuller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Sep. 2025
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Worden tells me in an interview that Harvard scholar Robin Wordsworth, his co-author on a recent Red Planet study and one of the top American experts on terraforming Mars, is now designing compact astronaut outposts that can be positioned inside lava tubes and speedily inhabited.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The head coach wasn’t there either, as Brian Kelly had briskly walked from the postgame handshake at midfield to the end zone tunnel, receiving boos from the few LSU remaining fans.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Add ice and stir briskly for 10 seconds (if using small ice) to 25 seconds (if using big ice).—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Indeed, the unemployment rate has already risen nearly a full point over the past two-and-a-half years, while the market rally continues apace.—
Kelly Evans,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Production of the Ioniq 9 and smaller Ioniq 5 has proceeded apace.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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That trip was referenced in the whistle-blower complaint that sparked the House’s swift-moving impeachment inquiry.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
Time,
17 Oct. 2019
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As of Monday, Golden Police Chief Bill Kilpatrick and Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Schrader are restricting water activities on Clear Creek because of swift-moving water and floating debris.—
Kirk Mitchell,
The Denver Post,
1 July 2019
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“Meteorically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meteorically. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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