as in rapid
moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed
the witness stayed unruffled all through the prosecutor's rapid-fire questioning
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Recent Examples of rapid-fire
The future of Missouri The vote on Friday marked an end to Kehoe’s rapid-fire special session aimed at both representative and direct democracy in Missouri.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Wröbel emphasized how these rapid-fire trends have led brands to chase after a wider variety of fits.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
Especially love the rapid-fire rhyming shout-outs to some of the fair's finer delicacies.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The chaotic, rapid-fire developments resembled a March weekend showdown over the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelans to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Wröbel emphasized how these rapid-fire trends have led brands to chase after a wider variety of fits.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
Especially love the rapid-fire rhyming shout-outs to some of the fair's finer delicacies.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The chaotic, rapid-fire developments resembled a March weekend showdown over the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelans to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapid-fire
Adjective
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Stay open to rapid communication, travel opportunities, or passionate connections.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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In this scenario, the rapid spinning movement of the magnetar alters the gamma ray jet.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Vasilas attributes the brisk business to not having a lot of competition for the kind of service Ted’s Clothiers offers.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
24 Sep. 2025
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Leisurely walking, especially for short distances, may not be enough to get the full potential benefit compared with walking longer distances at a brisker pace.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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Bitcoin is up about 25% this year, rising as more Wall Street institutions embrace the cryptocurrency and global investors begin to view it as a reputable portfolio allocation and not just a quick trading vehicle.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Its silicone design sits comfortably on the face, while quick preset modes make treatments simple to fit into daily life.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Europe requires a different standard for fast charging.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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According to the reseachers, this unified multirate architecture improves responsiveness and stability by preventing faster subsystems from being held back by slower ones and embedding the jets’ dynamics directly into the prediction horizon.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality.—
Tunku Varadarajan,
WSJ,
25 June 2021
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Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse.—
Rob Hodgetts at Longchamp,
CNN,
15 Oct. 2019
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“Rapid-fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapid-fire. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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