as in promptness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expeditiousness
Noun
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Most base layers will be in the 160-grams-per-square-meter (lightweight) to 260-gsm range (heavyweight or expedition weight).—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
22 Feb. 2025 -
For a group of paleontologists in Brazil, luck and intuition during a 2013 research expedition led to the discovery of a new species — from 120 million years ago.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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That level of alacrity and impeccable timing is, sadly, lacking in Michael John Garces’ direction.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Government forces retreated with unexpected alacrity.—
John Feffer,
Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Monday, dispatch received another call of a man passed out in a stairwell of an apartment complex on 52nd Street, located just behind the building where the original fight was reported, Dungan said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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No one was hurt in the incident, which happened just after 4 p.m. on Feb. 10 at Portage Lake, Alaska State Troopers wrote in a dispatch posted online.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But today’s social media — with its rapid acceleration of AI and other concerns — bums her out.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN,
16 Feb. 2025
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The array of explosions also varied in terms of luminosity, which will aid researchers in their search for answers to dark energy and the acceleration of the universe.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The week’s snow forecast starts Wednesday, as chances for precipitation are at 40% with below-freezing temperatures all day, reaching a high near 28.—
Dan Belson,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2025
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Parts of Virginia and West Virginia hit with up to a foot of snow this week were facing a fast melt along with rain and mixed precipitation.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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