as in velocity
a high rate of movement or performance
the rapidity with which she can do mental math calculations is amazing
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Recent Examples of rapidity
The rapidity of the decision is key: if the cell relies on more traditional signaling pathways that activate genes in response to an infection, an agile virus could take control of the cell’s protein-making machinery before the cell has a chance to respond.
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Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
This rapidity of implementation means that attorneys cannot wait to see how things might develop but must start preparing, or at least learning about it, now.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The rapidity and the terseness of the onscreen action leaps from scene to scene, from event to event, from one salient point to the next, with nothing incidental in between, nothing revealing anything besides what directly elucidates the story as Polanski chooses to tell it.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
The rapidity of this population decline has forced significant revisions to official estimates of how fast China will age.
—Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2022
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Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
This rapidity of implementation means that attorneys cannot wait to see how things might develop but must start preparing, or at least learning about it, now.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The rapidity and the terseness of the onscreen action leaps from scene to scene, from event to event, from one salient point to the next, with nothing incidental in between, nothing revealing anything besides what directly elucidates the story as Polanski chooses to tell it.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
The rapidity of this population decline has forced significant revisions to official estimates of how fast China will age.
—Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapidity
Noun
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After averaging 1 mph less on his fastball during an up-and-down 2025 season compared to his stellar rookie campaign, the velocity flashing on the scoreboard at Sloan Park was notable during Imanaga’s first Cactus League start of the spring.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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The right-hander pushed himself to transform his game, working with a trainer to improve his mechanics and eventually increasing his fastball velocity by 8-10 mph.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The desire for more speed also demonstrated some of the internal clumsiness Weiss and her close inner circle have lamented on the technical side.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Aim for steady, kind effort over speed.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Rapidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapidity. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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