1
: operated or adapted for operation at high speed
2
: relating to the production of short-exposure photographs of rapidly moving objects or events of short duration
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In July, the federal government revoked $4 billion previously earmarked for California's high-speed rail system.
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Why The Northern Lights Are Being Seen In The U.S.
The imminent potential display of aurora is due to a high-speed stream of solar wind coming from a coronal hole — a gap in the sun’s outer atmosphere, its corona, where solar wind escapes more freely into space.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The California high-speed rail project, approved by voters in 2008, aims to connect San Francisco and Los Angeles with nearly 800 miles of track around the state.
—Amelia Wu
july 21, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
Three months before the fatal high-speed Saturday morning smash up at the Bowery and Canal St., the 23-year-old driver allegedly clipped a woman stepping out of an Uber in Brooklyn, causing serious injuries, and fled, sources said.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Why The Northern Lights Are Being Seen In The U.S.
The imminent potential display of aurora is due to a high-speed stream of solar wind coming from a coronal hole — a gap in the sun’s outer atmosphere, its corona, where solar wind escapes more freely into space.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The California high-speed rail project, approved by voters in 2008, aims to connect San Francisco and Los Angeles with nearly 800 miles of track around the state.
—Amelia Wu
july 21, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
Three months before the fatal high-speed Saturday morning smash up at the Bowery and Canal St., the 23-year-old driver allegedly clipped a woman stepping out of an Uber in Brooklyn, causing serious injuries, and fled, sources said.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
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“High-speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-speed. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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