as in velocity
a high rate of movement or performance
the rapidity with which she can do mental math calculations is amazing
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Amazing, how the political parties can evolve — and with such rapidity.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Feb. 2025
The difference in Rostow’s own day, however, was the rapidity with which other countries were doing the same thing.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Photos, news, tips on where to evacuate, hotel discount codes and pet policies were being posted with increasing rapidity as the fires spread.
—Finn-Olaf Jones, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Whereafter, with jaw-dropping rapidity, Predonzani and his work sank into oblivion.
—Dino Buzzati, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Feb. 2025
The difference in Rostow’s own day, however, was the rapidity with which other countries were doing the same thing.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Photos, news, tips on where to evacuate, hotel discount codes and pet policies were being posted with increasing rapidity as the fires spread.
—Finn-Olaf Jones, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Whereafter, with jaw-dropping rapidity, Predonzani and his work sank into oblivion.
—Dino Buzzati, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Rapidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapidity. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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