rapid(s)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapid(s)
Noun
  • Offering accommodations—such as flex hours, noise-cancelling headphones or work-from-home options—without matching individuals to jobs that align with their core behavioral traits and cognitive strengths is like giving someone a life vest and then pushing them into white water rapids.
    Miriam Groom, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Have any of the designers actually been white water rafting?
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Boston scored five runs right out the chute in the top of the first inning, with Rob Refsnyder breaking the ice with a two-run single with the bases loaded and Jarren Duran delivering a haymaker in the form of a towering three-run home run.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The trash room’s walls had blood smeared on it, and a pool formed near the chute, according to the report.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 July 2025
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“Rapid(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapid%28s%29. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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