as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed
a rushed job with a number of errors
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as in accelerated
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster
I wouldn't make so many mistakes if you'd stop rushing me
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as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force
in the spring the stream's rushing waters make crossing treacherous
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as in sped
to proceed or move quickly
rushing is a good way to slip and fall
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as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against
one goat suddenly rushed the other and knocked it down
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Recent Examples of rushed
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
As immigration officers arrested her six weeks ago, through tears and a rushed goodbye, Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez had a request for her daughter.
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Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Little emphasized the need to ease property taxes in a letter accompanying his signature but criticized Moyle’s approach as rushed and overly complex.
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Mark Dee
march 25,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Mar. 2026
May 21 – June 20 Steady, thoughtful sentences are your friend — skip the rushed word vomit!
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2026
Gemini May 21 – June 20 Steady, thoughtful sentences are your friend — skip the rushed word vomit!
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Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2026
The rushed start wasn’t the only hiccup.
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Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
The national bill – passed on the final day of parliament last year – was criticized at the time as a rushed piece of legislation conceived to win votes before the 2025 election.
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Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
29 Nov. 2025
Our poor Toby, always so stressed, always so rushed.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations.
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Gleb Garanich,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Witnesses said ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the scene after the roof collapsed.
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CNN Money,
1 July 2026
Tensions had been brewing for months, and on that night, Black students rushed the field and attempted to burn a Confederate flag.
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Rachel Tepper Paley,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
The victim woke up before ambulance personnel arrived and was rushed to the hospital.
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Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
The 7-month-old was rushed to an area hospital, but despite life-saving care, died of her injuries, according to police.
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Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Medics rushed the victim to Harlem Hospital, where he’s expected to survive.
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Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
People rushed for cover under restaurant tables and hurried out of their homes into the streets.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
25 June 2026
Adjective
Instead, Mahan and his wealthy Silicon Valley backers talked themselves into a rushed and premature campaign that was never remotely competitive.
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Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
As immigration officers arrested her six weeks ago, through tears and a rushed goodbye, Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez had a request for her daughter.
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Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Little emphasized the need to ease property taxes in a letter accompanying his signature but criticized Moyle’s approach as rushed and overly complex.
—
Mark Dee
march 25,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Mar. 2026
May 21 – June 20 Steady, thoughtful sentences are your friend — skip the rushed word vomit!
—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2026
Gemini May 21 – June 20 Steady, thoughtful sentences are your friend — skip the rushed word vomit!
—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2026
The rushed start wasn’t the only hiccup.
—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
The national bill – passed on the final day of parliament last year – was criticized at the time as a rushed piece of legislation conceived to win votes before the 2025 election.
—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
29 Nov. 2025
Our poor Toby, always so stressed, always so rushed.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
She was rushed from her Nashville apartment to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations.
—
Gleb Garanich,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Witnesses said ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the scene after the roof collapsed.
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CNN Money,
1 July 2026
Tensions had been brewing for months, and on that night, Black students rushed the field and attempted to burn a Confederate flag.
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Rachel Tepper Paley,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
The victim woke up before ambulance personnel arrived and was rushed to the hospital.
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Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
The 7-month-old was rushed to an area hospital, but despite life-saving care, died of her injuries, according to police.
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Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Medics rushed the victim to Harlem Hospital, where he’s expected to survive.
—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
People rushed for cover under restaurant tables and hurried out of their homes into the streets.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rushed
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But for some reason the powers that be have decreed artificial intelligence a civilizational imperative, requiring the hurried construction of swarms of data centers, on Earth and in space.
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Right now, decisions are being made in a hurried, contradictory fashion.
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Video shows how chase led to deadly crash Instead of stopping, the purple car accelerated and sped through a red light, according to video from Joel’s dashboard camera.
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One of the officials told CNN that the Justice Department’s National Security Division was already preparing to look at some of the stories’ sources, but Trump’s stack accelerated the effort.
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Local 150’s president chairs political committees that have poured money into the campaign of Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, a likely 2027 mayoral challenger.
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Long before venture capital poured money into AI, decades of federal research also helped build the computing and machine-learning advances that made these systems possible.
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District Attorney Nathan Hochman said 33 vehicles safely drove past the area before Bickham sped down the freeway.
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Bill Gates and Warren Buffett sped things up with their Giving Pledge, asking billionaire signers to give away their money during their lifetimes.
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Police said former professional soccer player Badea and another man attacked Zeraati before fleeing in a getaway car driven by Stana and then flying out of the country from Heathrow Airport.
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The three men who attacked our CBS News Chicago crew near Adler Planetarium before pointing a gun at people in Brighton Park on Monday afternoon have been charged.
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Earlier this week Iran also pushed back against a statement from France’s President Emmanuel Macron that said France, Oman and others would collaborate on removing mines from the strait.
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Falling oil prices and the easing of a commodities crunch have pushed countries — wary of being left exposed by another global crisis akin to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — to shore up their stockpiles.
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Pip scurried over to take a seat on my foot.
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Lee, who had extended his hitting streak to 16 games the at-bat before, scurried back to first base.
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When Daemon stormed into his dining room to seize Harrenhal under Rhaenyra’s name, Ser Simon was super polite about the whole thing.
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The Young Lords, a group of Puerto Rican activists, stormed and occupied the Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, New York, for 12 hours.
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“Rushed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rushed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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