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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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Aside from March’s numbers, the labor market has remained stagnant, buoyed only by health care gains thanks, in part, to America’s rapidly aging population.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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After re-entering the atmosphere, the spacecraft will fall rapidly until about 6,000 feet above the sea, when three parachutes will deploy to slow Orion’s descent to about 20 mph.—
Tom Costello,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Erica, who is visiting from England before starting university, quickly falls in love with Laure, a graduate student studying art theory.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Firefighters quickly extinguished a grass fire that broke out north of Sterling in northeastern Colorado on Sunday, with help from local residents.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Donald Tusk‘s incoming centre-right Civic Coalition moved swiftly to fire the heads of state broadcaster TVP, with news channel TVP Info going off air for 24-hours, amid accusations that it been transformed into a mouthpiece for the PiS during its rule.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 Apr. 2026
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As a bare stage swiftly gets dressed in black curtains framing its sides, rumblings fester in the dance ensemble’s torsos and limbs; Danker’s music becomes increasingly driving, propulsive (and painfully loud—an issue that persists through most of the evening).—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Without carbs, on the other hand, those amino acids won’t reach your muscles as speedily.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
9 Apr. 2026
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Women and men charged with a crime in Senegal are at the mercy of a system where justice is not speedily dispensed.—
Ricci Shryock,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Lustau Amontillado Sherry Add all ingredients to a mixing glass, add ice, and stir briskly for 10 to 20 seconds (longer for bigger ice, shorter for smaller).—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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The ongoing war involving Iran, Israel, and the United States—and in which Iran has struck at Gulf Arab countries—has already shown how briskly a military crisis can become an economic one.—
Comfort Ero,
Time,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Taskmaster’s international rollout is continuing apace, with a local version greenlit by Polish broadcaster TVN.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
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The administration’s campus actions continue apace, with the government recently suing Harvard and UCLA for allegedly aiding and abetting antisemitism, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission arguing its own antisemitism case against the University of Pennsylvania in court.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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 16 Apr. 2026.
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