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or speeded (up)
as in accelerated
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster
we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sped (up)
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The e-bike collided with the car, and the driver, who police said was startled by the collision, accelerated across the street, killing Ayden and injuring a 6-year-old girl, both of whom were with their family in front of the restaurant.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026 -
Initiatives led by Colombia and The Netherlands to advance a Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Conference show how progress can be accelerated without abandoning the annual United Nations climate summits.—
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
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Four running backs in the state rushed for more than 4,000 yards.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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The couple rushed to the hospital fearing that Norah might not survive.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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That began to change under Kim Jong Un, whose government has pushed cultural institutions to modernize presentation without altering ideology.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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But that deadline could be pushed back further.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Jan. 2026
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Spirit’s unionized pilots have publicly urged the airline’s major lenders to back the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, warning liquidation would severely impact the local economy.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2026
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Since September, the authority had urged Maersk to make a return to the waterway as part of a wider appeal to the industry to being traffic back to the canal.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Jan. 2026
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Rafiq thanked the shopkeeper and hurried out of the bazaar’s maze-like structure to find his car.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Caracas, Venezuela — The morning after US forces bombed Caracas, dragged President Nicolás Maduro out of bed, carted him over the Caribbean and installed him in a Brooklyn jail, many Venezuelans hurried to the grocery store.—
Mary Triny Mena,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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But Flint encouraged people to attend the commissioners’ court meeting and speak against the Comanche Circle proposal.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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All retailers are being encouraged to honor customer claims.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Sped (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sped%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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