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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That lethal swiftness of gun suicides is why the Medical College of Wisconsin is facilitating a program that literally puts safer gun ownership on the map.
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Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024
The athletic swiftness of the undead sets the pace of this opening descent into Hell on Earth.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2024
The postseason, however, can slap you in the face with the swiftness in which a season of success gets stopped in its tracks.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
That swiftness led her to the Yale School of Drama.
—Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
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Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024
The athletic swiftness of the undead sets the pace of this opening descent into Hell on Earth.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2024
The postseason, however, can slap you in the face with the swiftness in which a season of success gets stopped in its tracks.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
That swiftness led her to the Yale School of Drama.
—Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Swiftness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swiftness. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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