as in speed
a high rate of movement or performance
his agility and overall quickness made him the football coach's top choice for receiver
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Recent Examples of quickness
But the quickness is a necessity.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Chicago guard Coby White, who at 6-foot-5 has the size and quickness to play either guard position, has quietly been ascendant for years.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Young’s ability to manipulate the pocket with his quickness and improvisational skills has helped keep the Panthers’ sack count low.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
The Lakers’ defense was stretched thin by the Warriors’ speed and quickness during the third quarter, which Golden State opened with a 19-4 run on its way to a 35-25 advantage in the period.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
But that speed and quickness with the ball, his ability to get in the paint, ability to knock down threes is unique.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
In a time defined by human-machine entanglement, several works reimagine our relationships with artificial intelligence, exposing its quiet manipulations, its quickness to radicalize, and its capacity for introspection.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
While prone to dribble blindness and erratic form from the perimeter, Whitmore has blast-off quickness and finishing skills and is a ballhawking defender.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
With MacDougall and doctors watching over, the man died, and MacDougall noticed the scale’s counterweight dropped with surprising quickness.
—Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Chicago guard Coby White, who at 6-foot-5 has the size and quickness to play either guard position, has quietly been ascendant for years.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Young’s ability to manipulate the pocket with his quickness and improvisational skills has helped keep the Panthers’ sack count low.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
The Lakers’ defense was stretched thin by the Warriors’ speed and quickness during the third quarter, which Golden State opened with a 19-4 run on its way to a 35-25 advantage in the period.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
But that speed and quickness with the ball, his ability to get in the paint, ability to knock down threes is unique.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
In a time defined by human-machine entanglement, several works reimagine our relationships with artificial intelligence, exposing its quiet manipulations, its quickness to radicalize, and its capacity for introspection.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
While prone to dribble blindness and erratic form from the perimeter, Whitmore has blast-off quickness and finishing skills and is a ballhawking defender.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
With MacDougall and doctors watching over, the man died, and MacDougall noticed the scale’s counterweight dropped with surprising quickness.
—Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quickness
Noun
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Japan is world-renowned for its bullet trains, which transport passengers at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Nov. 2025
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Clicking the button will activate cruise control, then click the SET+ to lock your car at your preferred speed.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His velocity was up a bit in the second half, and his strikeout rate also jumped from 31% to 39%, so there's a case to be made that bad luck amplifies a slight regression from arguably the best reliever in the game to merely one of the best 10 to 15 in the league.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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In the modern landscape of personalized diagnostics, drug research, development, and manufacturing, data integrity and velocity of the product-to-market are everything.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Quickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quickness. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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