as in speed
a high rate of movement or performance
with amazing swiftness, the airline agent got our ticket changed, and we boarded the plane just as it was about to leave
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With alarming swiftness, Hildebrandt starts therapy with not only Chad but Shari, Ruby, and Kevin.
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Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Of course, the swiftness of their extreme feelings were not lost on them.
—Danielle Jennings, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
With the play, the swiftness of the story and the characters moving around the mansion has to be accomplished with stagecraft.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2024
For many people, the rapid shift toward liberalization of marijuana policy, and the swiftness with which Americans have taken up consumption, has been great.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Of course, the swiftness of their extreme feelings were not lost on them.
—Danielle Jennings, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
With the play, the swiftness of the story and the characters moving around the mansion has to be accomplished with stagecraft.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2024
For many people, the rapid shift toward liberalization of marijuana policy, and the swiftness with which Americans have taken up consumption, has been great.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for swiftness
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“Swiftness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swiftness. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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