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Recent Examples of warp speed
Richard Fowler, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Now, the entire situation has flipped and the progress is happening at warp speed.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
That cycle moves at warp speed, and the option to stay with the trends has increased our need for storage.
—Katrina Gulliver, JSTOR Daily, 11 Apr. 2025
And then there is Assembly Bill 306, which is moving through the Legislature at warp speed.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
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Working hand-in-hand with Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Scott has become a staple on cable and national news surrounding the warp speed of bridge reconstruction.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Now, the entire situation has flipped and the progress is happening at warp speed.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
That cycle moves at warp speed, and the option to stay with the trends has increased our need for storage.
—Katrina Gulliver, JSTOR Daily, 11 Apr. 2025
And then there is Assembly Bill 306, which is moving through the Legislature at warp speed.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for warp speed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warp speed
Noun
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Meanwhile, the processor’s NPU delivers over 50 TOPS of AI throughput, enabling on-device acceleration for light duty gen AI models, image enhancement, video conference background removal and tracking, voice transcription, etc.—
Dave Altavilla,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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But what were his motivations for the sculptural cut that reduced the body by a third, literally disabling all of the fetish’s functions except for those of its primary feature, the design, thereby intensifying it, endowing it even with an imaginary, almost futuristic acceleration?—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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In an era of such rapid and enormous change, the characteristics that defined an American, an American body, and, therefore, American citizenship itself were unstable and uncertain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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Fanning out across downtown with no real destination is an L.A. tradition — what about joining the many immigrant rights groups who have set up rapid response networks to show up where la migra does?—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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For founders, this shift will favor adaptation, velocity, embracing change and harnessing AI agents to replicate the work of entire departments.—
Alexander Fred-Ojala,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Ober also struggled with diminished velocity in spring training, attributing it to his mechanics being out of whack, an especially big challenge for the 6-foot-9 right-hander.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Everything until that point suggested that the speedy, talented playmaking center was on an accelerated path to stardom.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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The question of the legality of Trump’s use of the 1798 law, previously used primarily during wartime, is likely to make its way back to the Supreme Court, as lower courts consider whether Trump properly invoked the statute allowing for the speedy removal of foreign nationals.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
29 May 2025
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At least that deficiency is mostly due to a shortfall in the least impactful area, grounders, where his 88.5 mph average exit speed allowed is over a full standard deviation worse than league average.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The controller's full-color display keeps you updated on your speed, battery and depth at all times.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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The Checkers’ response, however, was swift and decisive.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2025
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In a pandemic’s early stages, infections were swift, and death came quickly for both rats and humans.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Attitudes have fluctuated from negative to positive, and then from positive to negative with exhausting rapidity.—
Andrey Kurkov,
Time,
15 May 2025
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This is a very much different thing than COVID in terms of rap -- rapidity and speed and other things.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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 13 Jun. 2025.
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