as in rapidly
with great speed
the end of another year is hastening apace
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Recent Examples of apace
In Shasta, the anger-politics has continued apace, with dismal implications for the quality of local governance and for the ability of neighbors to disagree civilly without resorting to intimidation.
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Sasha Abramsky, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Medical innovation continues apace, and new expensive drugs and treatments will continue to come on the market.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 16 Aug. 2024
The outsourcing of work and/or production to companies in foreign countries, long the bane of the union, has continued apace, per the guild.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
The amount those homeowners owe has risen apace, from a median $14,000 in 1995 to $102,000 in 2022.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
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Sasha Abramsky, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Medical innovation continues apace, and new expensive drugs and treatments will continue to come on the market.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 16 Aug. 2024
The outsourcing of work and/or production to companies in foreign countries, long the bane of the union, has continued apace, per the guild.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
The amount those homeowners owe has risen apace, from a median $14,000 in 1995 to $102,000 in 2022.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for apace
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apace
Adverb
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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
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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
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So doing this fast with just the three of us was great.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Florida plays fast, dominates the boards and is disciplined with turnovers.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Flight lands soon At Reagan National Airport, Hamaad Raza received a text message from his wife: The flight was about 20 minutes from touching down.—
Ray Sanchez and Chelsea Bailey,
CNN,
1 Feb. 2025
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However, questions were soon raised over the provenance of the semiconductors used to build DeepSeek’s R1 reasoning model given U.S. restrictions on exporting advanced AI chips in China.—
Katrina Bishop,
CNBC,
1 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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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
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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
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“Apace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apace. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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