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Recent Examples of hastily The assassination of President William McKinley led to an inauguration ceremony hastily arranged at a home in Buffalo, New York, according to the National Park Service. Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2025 Residents of a senior living center were hastily evacuated, some pushed down streets in wheelchairs and hospital beds. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 The next day, a midlevel appeals court hastily held oral arguments and rejected Trump’s delay request. Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025 This discovery, however, doesn't mean astronomers will hastily draw conclusions or that the search for life on exoplanets will be derailed by false positive biosignatures. Victoria Corless, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hastily 
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Adverb
  • The Rally called to end the emergency, and was swiftly punished; one of the coalition leaders spent eighteen years in solitary confinement.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Republican state lawmakers moved swiftly last week, holding an hour-long hearing on Wednesday over a bill that would ban state agencies from spending money on diversity programs, staff or other initiatives.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Catch up quick: President Trump signed an executive order giving ByteDance 75 more days to work out a change-of-control deal, as required by a law signed last year.
    Dan Primack, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Kayleigh Heckel used her swift speed to run quicker than her teammates to corral a loose ball before depositing a shot into the net.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Studies also show wildfires are exploding more quickly, spreading 400% faster in California from 2001 to 2020.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
  • America's debt is expected to grow twice as fast as the U.S. economy over the next 30 years, according to the Government Accountability Office.
    Mitch Salchow, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • The investigative duo soon realizes their killer commits his crimes to a soundtrack, leaving poetic calling cards on the corpses.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
  • By Monica Sager Live News Reporter 0 The Lunar New Year starts soon, and this year for the Chinese celebration is in honor of the wood snake.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • After that early Heat surge, the Bucks promptly unleashed a 39-16 rampage and Miami never really recovered, ending on the wrong side of a blowout loss for the second time in a week, dropping below .500 (at 21-22) and finishing the night ninth in the East.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The company’s immediate recall of 31 million bottles and transparent communication demonstrated its commitment to public safety, and as a result, the brand promptly regained trust.
    JoAnn Yamani, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hastily. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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