1
as in velocity
a high rate of movement or performance
we dashed off the remaining paperwork with as much speed as possible so we could leave for the long weekend
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2
as in favorite
a person or thing that is preferred over others
that kind of old-fashioned horror movie is just my speed
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as in to race
to proceed or move quickly
a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside
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Recent Examples of speed
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
TheStack is designed to improve bat speed, something that Schuemann has been focused on since spring training began at the Yankees’ behest.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
26 June 2026
The Yuba City Police Department on Friday released a dash camera video of the end of the chase on social media, which began after an officer saw a car speeding in the area of Stabler Lane and Jamie Drive just west of Highway 99 shortly after midnight on Monday.
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Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
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Noun
General Daily Insight for June 28, 2026 Conversations pick up speed and bring new options.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
TheStack is designed to improve bat speed, something that Schuemann has been focused on since spring training began at the Yankees’ behest.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Verb
Heated elements help speed up the drying time.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
26 June 2026
The Yuba City Police Department on Friday released a dash camera video of the end of the chase on social media, which began after an officer saw a car speeding in the area of Stabler Lane and Jamie Drive just west of Highway 99 shortly after midnight on Monday.
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Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speed
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Your sentences have great velocity.
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The asteroid could, for example, be a contact binary, according to Michel, in which two separate bodies came together at low velocities.
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The French men’s national team — one of the favorites to win the entire tournament — arrived with HACs, as well as bags from Chanel and Louis Vuitton.
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Another of her favorites is Henry Ford’s Model-T (Tin Lizzie), which revolutionized the auto industry.
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Foreign rescue teams — including three from the United States — were racing against time in the aftermath of twin earthquakes that rocked Venezuela's northern coast as the death toll from the disaster increased, officials said.
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There’s a lot of racing history at the Big A, which began in 1894, before Queens was even part of New York City.
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Sure, the unemployment rate, but does that really apply to me?
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Atlanta’s data center market ended March with a vacancy rate of 1%, a staggeringly low figure in commercial development, according to new data from real estate services firm CBRE.
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While some are an equal-opportunity lover of animals, others have a preference.
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Fundstrat reiterated its preference for technology, financials, industrials, small-cap stocks and energy/basic materials.
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But hurry—some of our favorites are already selling out!
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But hurry, sizes are selling out quickly on Madewell.
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The suspect, an adult male, wore all black and traveled on a scooter.
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For those unable to attend games at Kansas City (Arrowhead) Stadium, the free-to-enter festival offers local and traveling spectators a place to gather during the World Cup.
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Do not rush to defend yourself if someone misunderstands your tone.
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Supporters — many of them wearing Colombia’s yellow and red colors — rushed the gates at the home stadium of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, leaving fans terrified and bloodied as security struggled to contain the rush.
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“Speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speed. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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