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as in hustle
excited and often showy or disorderly speed
after all her hurry to get her report done on time, Elizabeth learned that it wasn't due till the following week
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as in speed
a high rate of movement or performance
a person who does everything in a hurry
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as in commotion
a state of noisy, confused activity
in all the hurry of the modern world, people tend to forget what's really important
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as in to rush
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster
the new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward
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as in to scurry
to proceed or move quickly
if we hurry, we'll make the four o'clock train
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Recent Examples of hurry
Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes.
—Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation, 1 Jan. 2026
Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
But hurry, our picks are selling fast.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
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Noun
On and off his blade in a hurry.
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Young, who ran for a touchdown in the fourth quarter, was hurried regularly behind the line scrimmage.
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Barnes isn’t just raw power and hustle.—
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The coach has been teaching the sophomore to stay even-keeled in games and hustle.—
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In a field experiment with hundreds of consultants, GPT-4 improved speed and quality on some knowledge tasks while performance dropped on other, seemingly similar tasks just outside its strengths.—
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Tapascott said speed alone no longer excites drivers.—
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During the commotion, the agent’s shaky cellphone video shows houses along the street and views of the sky.—
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In the heat of the moment, though, Certa was clearly walking after one of the officials, but Shrewsberry came barreling in as the official turned around to see the commotion.—
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First responders in Atlanta rushed to an airport runway Tuesday after an aircraft experienced a harrowing landing failure, with all eight of its landing tires bursting the moment the plane touched down, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.—
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Lopez rushed her back to the emergency room, where an MRI revealed a diagnosis of transverse myelitis, a rare inflammatory disorder affecting the spinal cord.—
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The man who once ignored his own safety to scurry out onto a frozen pond, crashing through the ice to rescue my yellow lab.—
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If seeing one scurrying through your living room sends you scrambling for a quick remedy, your instincts are on track.—
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Its abandonment, with powder canisters spilling across the rock, suggested that its owner left in haste.—
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In my closest friend who listens without haste.—
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Depending on the configuration and the mass-ratio, the spacecraft could go even faster, with some estimates placing its top velocity at 5% the speed of light.—
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This means that there is a way of stretching the velocity curve in one frame to match the steeper velocity curve in a later frame.—
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The project will receive nearly $70 million in tax-increment financing that created a stir among rival casino properties in Reno and was ultimately approved in a 5-2 vote last May by the city’s redevelopment agency.—
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The hot egg coffee might look a bit murky, but is very sweet and creamy, with a layer of coffee at the bottom that gives a strong hit at the end despite a good stir.—
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“Hurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurry. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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