as in quickly
with great speed
swiftly established himself as a star in Hollywood
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Recent Examples of swiftly
Secondly, Putin is now engaged in a war that began as a weeks-long bid to swiftly overwhelm a weak neighbor, but that has now morphed into a fight for the survival of his worldview, likely his regime, and possibly himself.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Even just 6 inches of swiftly moving water can forcefully knock you off your feet.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Once Banksy’s Royal Courts mural was discovered, law enforcement swiftly covered the painting with sheets of plastic and barriers, only for it to be later scrubbed away by a masked worker.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The footage captures the individual moving swiftly across the rooftop, located approximately 100 to 200 yards from the site of the attack.
—Amanda Castro
gabe Whisnant
anna Commander
toby Meyjes
shane Croucher
john Feng
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Even just 6 inches of swiftly moving water can forcefully knock you off your feet.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Once Banksy’s Royal Courts mural was discovered, law enforcement swiftly covered the painting with sheets of plastic and barriers, only for it to be later scrubbed away by a masked worker.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The footage captures the individual moving swiftly across the rooftop, located approximately 100 to 200 yards from the site of the attack.
—Amanda Castro
gabe Whisnant
anna Commander
toby Meyjes
shane Croucher
john Feng
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swiftly
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These data centers will require plenty of energy, and, to that end, an agreement will be signed between the two governments enabling companies to build new nuclear power stations in both countries more quickly.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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And thanks to people like Vanessa Williams, and Silvio Horta, the creator, I was put front and center on that show kind of quickly.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the end, the 77th Annual Emmy Awards served as both a nostalgic tribute to television’s rich past and a clear testament to its rapidly evolving future.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The decades-long strategy of cramming more transistors into the same chip area is rapidly approaching its practical limits, and conventional methods may no longer deliver consistent performance gains.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Today, Indri is the world’s fastest-growing Indian single malt for the second year, according to the IWSR, with over 2 million bottles sold in 2024 – with many sold internationally.—
Nish Acharya,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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What Heupel does differently is run plays even quicker, mix up his play calls and truly commit to the run.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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This insistence on being faithful to Gotouge’s vision — while admirable — also means that the titular Demon Slayer is barely in the first hour or so, and his sister, Nezuko isn’t in the film at all, aside from one quick aside.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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While the container comes with a month's worth of capsules, many reviewers noticed results way sooner.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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Hannan, as a member of the Conservative Party, is not planning to defect any time soon.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Swiftly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swiftly. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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