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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Recent Examples of swiftness
But the swiftness with which Mandelson was ejected over his ties to Epstein will only underscore how Trump has tried to downplay his own relationship with the disgraced financier and discourage people from focusing on the matter.
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Acting with uncharacteristic swiftness, the federal government issued a scathing criminal complaint against Mizuhara just three weeks later — on April 11 — that supported Ohtani’s narrative.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
With the swiftness with which Shohei Ohtani was cleared during the investigation surrounding him, there may be concern as to whether Ortiz or Clase will suit up for a major league team again.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Lee, working with a script by Alan Fox, spins out the multiple threads of action with startling swiftness and characteristically rapid-fire, confrontational dialogue.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
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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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Only seven qualified starters last season featured a fastball with an average velocity lower than Suárez’s, but the crafty lefty secured a $130 million deal that will serve as a referendum on results over stuff in a modern game obsessed with velocity.—
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Until recently, such states were believed to depend on electrons behaving like identifiable particles with clear velocities and energies.—
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“Swiftness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swiftness. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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