with alacrity

idiom

: very quickly and willingly
She accepted the invitation with alacrity.

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There can be time limits that govern your ability to recover your money, so act with alacrity. 5. Adam Singer, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 Working with alacrity, the Houston rapper is back once more, on an album that dials up his ambitions while also introducing fresh aspects. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024 The United States and its allies responded to Russia’s invasion with alacrity in supplying Ukraine with weapons and intelligence to repel Russian forces. Carlisle Ford Runge, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2022 Autry said the United States should stick to the Artemis plan, and leaders in Congress must continue to support NASA and press the agency to move with alacrity. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 June 2024 Recognizing fan interest, safety and comfort, NASCAR made the latest Monday move with alacrity. Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2024 The ruling party has moved with alacrity in executing its Hindu nationalist social-cultural agenda, such as by gutting Kashmir’s semi-autonomy in August and abolishing an Islamic practice of instant divorce in July. Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2019 The failure to disclose that Austin had been hospitalized for days was a breach of the norm in which health issues of senior government officials are released with alacrity. Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024 The subject that Morris pursues, and that Cornwell takes up with alacrity, is the connection between such an upbringing of romantic extremes—between the louche margins of high society and the actual underworld—and Cornwell’s career as, first, a spy, and then a spy novelist. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023

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“With alacrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with%20alacrity. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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