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Recent Examples of warp speed
Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Their slow march toward secular adult indulgence kicked into warp speed about a decade and a half ago, when beauty companies began putting sample-size products into glamorous boxes and marketing them under seasonal names.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2025
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
But an equally vital industry for our economic and national security interests is telecommunications — which is also going through warp-speed technology changes.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
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Noun
With college football’s coaching carousel turning at warp speed, the future of Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian has been called into question.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Their slow march toward secular adult indulgence kicked into warp speed about a decade and a half ago, when beauty companies began putting sample-size products into glamorous boxes and marketing them under seasonal names.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2025
Adjective
This isn't your average stroll through lightsaber lore or warp-speed factoids.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
But an equally vital industry for our economic and national security interests is telecommunications — which is also going through warp-speed technology changes.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warp speed
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This is then funneled through nozzles to generate thrust with a high degree of acceleration – or specific-impulse (Isp).—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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The cooldown ended a monthslong acceleration of price increases and offered some relief for households strained by cost hikes.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Season One concludes with the Texas Tech geology graduate abandoning a well crew after tragedy strikes, only to achieve rapid success in his personal and work endeavors.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Depending on the configuration and the mass-ratio, the spacecraft could go even faster, with some estimates placing its top velocity at 5% the speed of light.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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This means that there is a way of stretching the velocity curve in one frame to match the steeper velocity curve in a later frame.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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His defense attorney entered the plea on his behalf and told the judge that Morphew is waiving his right to a speedy trial, which under Colorado law would otherwise require the case to be tried within 180 days.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Chili doesn't have to simmer all day to be delicious—this speedy, perfectly spicy recipe is proof.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
11 Jan. 2026
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In a field experiment with hundreds of consultants, GPT-4 improved speed and quality on some knowledge tasks while performance dropped on other, seemingly similar tasks just outside its strengths.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Tapascott said speed alone no longer excites drivers.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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By Sunday, he was gone, a mercifully swift ending to painfully slow decline.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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Condemnation by Russian diplomats of the US raid to capture Maduro, of course, was swift and unequivocal.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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Still others warned of the rapidity with which democracy could give way to dictatorship.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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The film captures the rapidity of time, with flashes of beauty and brutality whipping by in turn.—
Anastasia Sanger,
Glamour,
22 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Most speeding violations in Ohio add two points to a driver's license, with 12 points resulting in a suspension.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Nov. 2025
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Other snags are purely visual, notably the capper to the scene where King must toss the bag of ransom millions at a specific time and place, from a speeding elevated train.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Warp speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warp%20speed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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