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Recent Examples of 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
That’s warp speed; three months is considered above average.
—Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2025
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Noun
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
That’s warp speed; three months is considered above average.
—Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 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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But over the decades, jobs vanished, factories closed, and industry's hum was replaced by the lure of cheap labor overseas and rapid automation at home.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Stocks covered in Thursday’s rapid fire at the end of the video were: e.l.f.—
Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
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Get serious about pipeline velocity, win rates and quota attainment.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Related – his fastball velocity is down to an average of 92.4 mph this season, a full 2 mph lost since 2023.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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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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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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Research from the Center for Creative Leadership shows that organizations investing in courage-building leadership development see 25% improvement in decision-making speed and 35% better crisis response.—
Margie Warrell,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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So things like baseball pitching, the difference in speed, there may be a 40% to 50% difference.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
29 May 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
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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 8 Jun. 2025.
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