as in quickly
with great speed
summer vacation has gone by way too rapidly
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Recent Examples of rapidly
Like one icicle falling from an alpine crag onto an unstable snow cornice below, a small slide rapidly turns into a thundering avalanche.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
His belief spun within the rapidly moving breeze of a college football trend of skill position players, especially receivers, taking the field and starring as freshmen.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The teams that survive in this sport are the teams that can rapidly self-correct.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Instead, county supervisors should stem their rapidly escalating spending, which has doubled in the past eight years and ranks highest per capita by far of the 10 largest California counties.
—Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
OpenAI had started as a nonprofit lab in 2015, but was rapidly moving towards commercialization, with hefty funding from Microsoft.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Retail investors, HODLers, or less experienced investors may not utilize these tools, but that is rapidly changing.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Oct. 2025
The transformation, the officials say, unfolded rapidly and in plain sight.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Harner’s rapidly expanding skills took her from her hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska to Berklee College of Music.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
His belief spun within the rapidly moving breeze of a college football trend of skill position players, especially receivers, taking the field and starring as freshmen.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The teams that survive in this sport are the teams that can rapidly self-correct.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Instead, county supervisors should stem their rapidly escalating spending, which has doubled in the past eight years and ranks highest per capita by far of the 10 largest California counties.
—Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
OpenAI had started as a nonprofit lab in 2015, but was rapidly moving towards commercialization, with hefty funding from Microsoft.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Retail investors, HODLers, or less experienced investors may not utilize these tools, but that is rapidly changing.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Oct. 2025
The transformation, the officials say, unfolded rapidly and in plain sight.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Harner’s rapidly expanding skills took her from her hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska to Berklee College of Music.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapidly
Adverb
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Oselmo attempted to flee the area by jumping from a second story window, but was taken quickly into custody by deputy marshals, the release states.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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Union Pacific quickly lasered in on Norfolk Southern, which — wary of being left out of what might be endgame consolidation in US carriers — quickly agreed to negotiate exclusively with Union Pacific.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Both Michel Barnier and François Bayrou presented austerity budgets and were swiftly ousted in confidence votes.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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In late July, a longer list of Republican and Democratic senators urged White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought to swiftly give CDFI the funding that Congress appropriated for it.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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American goods are losing ground fast.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Headquartered in Dallas, Aligned is a fast-growing hyperscale operator that provides cloud infrastructure across some 50 facilities.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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No one can confirm this quicker than Cam Rising.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Quibi will come and go from your life quicker than Steph Curry’s jump shot.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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It will soon be connected to Oaxaca City next year for easy access.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Rapidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapidly. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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