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Recent Examples of warp speed
Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
In just his third season, in his first finals appearance, he’s morphed into the ideal co-star at warp speed.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 17 June 2025
The business card has been in its popular analog cardboard format for just over 200 years – a period in which society and scientific knowhow have moved at warp speed.
—New Atlas, 9 June 2025
Some organizations make decisions at warp speed, cutting through red tape like a hot knife through butter.
—Toyna Chin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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But unlike a typical state construction project, which can be held up in lengthy procurement fights, the state has been able to move at warp speed because of DeSantis’ emergency authorization.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
In just his third season, in his first finals appearance, he’s morphed into the ideal co-star at warp speed.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 17 June 2025
The business card has been in its popular analog cardboard format for just over 200 years – a period in which society and scientific knowhow have moved at warp speed.
—New Atlas, 9 June 2025
Some organizations make decisions at warp speed, cutting through red tape like a hot knife through butter.
—Toyna Chin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warp speed
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The document outlines a clear national direction that embraces acceleration, private-sector leadership, and deregulation as drivers of AI growth.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The firm expects an acceleration in revenue and earnings per share at Nvidia on the back of strong demand for its AI chips.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Sustain small farms amid global competition • Promote transparency and ethics in coffee sourcing In a world increasingly dominated by industrial scale and rapid production, Kona coffee companies should work to remain a symbol of craftsmanship, care and community.—
Jean Orlowski,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Trained in marksmanship, rapid deployment, ambushes, surveillance, and psychological operations, Los Zetas used overt military force to consolidate control over most of the Texas border and the Gulf Coast port of Veracruz.—
Seth Harp,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
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The veteran left-hander’s weight and ERA were way up, and the velocity of his fastball was way down, a combination that was obvious to anyone who watched Quijada, a key component of the team’s bullpen in 2022, give up 11 runs in 7⅓ innings of eight spring-training games for a 13.50 ERA.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
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Too many teams confuse velocity with fragility, pushing features quickly, then burning time fixing avoidable outages.—
Kevin Meyer,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Simpson, the speedy rookie who has been a weapon on the bases, made a mental error that kept the Rays from taking a third-inning lead.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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And his first step is quick enough to blow by speedy guards, creating the separation needed to find his teammates.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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The corridor has almost 18,000 vehicles travel through it on average daily, with an average speed of 30.6 miles per hour, according to city data.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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Due to the risk of battery fires, Google said that devices with more than 400 charge cycles could see their capacity and charging speed drastically reduced.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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The swift decline of Vidalia Mills in Louisiana—if it can even be said to have truly taken off—is a telling example.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
22 July 2025
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If the governor opens the door to these projects, the blowback will be swift, vocal, and impossible to ignore.—
Laura Shindell,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2025
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But there was an undeniable disconnect between the skepticism and anti-commercialism of Squid Game’s worldview and the rapidity with which the series became merch.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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But five straight losses, many in familiarly painful fashion, to the Braves have underlined the rapidity of the Mets’ fall while serving as a reminder of the multi-layered history that may be in the process of repeating itself.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Royal insiders, celerities, Hollywood stars and several of Diana’s closest friends will appear in interviews.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Royal insiders, celerities, Hollywood stars and several of Diana’s closest friends will appear in interviews.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Warp speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warp%20speed. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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