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Recent Examples of warp speed
Armstrong Williams, Oc Register, 2 Sep. 2025
In the new movie starring Denzel Washington, the camera rollicks, the edit clips at warp speed, and the sound mix explodes in Lee's coruscating New York — but the primordial ethical conflict at its heart simmers the same.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 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
Word of mouth among juveniles travels at warp speed.
—Armstrong Williams, Oc Register, 2 Sep. 2025
In the new movie starring Denzel Washington, the camera rollicks, the edit clips at warp speed, and the sound mix explodes in Lee's coruscating New York — but the primordial ethical conflict at its heart simmers the same.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 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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Players can mix and match pieces to build vehicles that excel at top seed, acceleration, handling, boost usage or build (which is used to knock into other racers).—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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According to Albertson, the challenge lies in maintaining precision in acceleration.—
Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The rapid growth of Kalshi, which is federally regulated by the CFTC as a futures exchange, has already tested much of the legal betting status quo.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Hawke sells all of Hart’s delusions, destructive impulses, and high-velocity downward spirals with an energy that keeps this bitchy, old-school collection of bon mots and screwball bickering moving along nicely.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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Almost all spacecraft sent to deep space — including the Voyager probes, Juno, Cassini-Huygens, and Galileo — must execute gravity assist maneuvers, slingshotting around planets to gain velocity for their vast treks.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Boise State football’s high-flying and speedy sophomore running back has wowed fans in 2025, emerging as the backfield guy who’s a home-run threat on nearly every carry.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Oct. 2025
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How does Starlink extend speedy internet access to remote locations?—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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From playing catch-up to running in parallel Despite early limitations in solver speed, mesh handling, and model stability, Duan states that cloud-native architectures and AI now give Chinese CAE firms a rare opportunity to turn the tables on industry leaders.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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Take the power, poise, and speed of the GT and chop the top to get the GTC.—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Right now, Atlas’s agent mode remains slow and, at times, frustrating; given many more user interactions to train on, future versions could become swift and convenient.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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This shortfall means that, barring swift congressional action, states will lack funding to process or distribute SNAP funds after October.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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This rapidity of implementation means that attorneys cannot wait to see how things might develop but must start preparing, or at least learning about it, now.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The rapidity and the terseness of the onscreen action leaps from scene to scene, from event to event, from one salient point to the next, with nothing incidental in between, nothing revealing anything besides what directly elucidates the story as Polanski chooses to tell it.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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 23 Oct. 2025.
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