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Recent Examples of warp speed
Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Filmmaker Parker Finn’s essentially standalone entry takes off at warp speed with an athletic tracking shot of a bloodbath.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Energy Singularity, the start-up in Shanghai, is just one example of China’s warp speed.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
And while the series peers into various factors that contributed to Aaron Hernandez’s undoing, the man himself remains a cipher: driven by desires, and pressured by his ascent from poor teen to rich celebrity at warp speed.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Sometimes songs blow up at warp speed because of some nefarious industry marketing schemes.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Filmmaker Parker Finn’s essentially standalone entry takes off at warp speed with an athletic tracking shot of a bloodbath.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Energy Singularity, the start-up in Shanghai, is just one example of China’s warp speed.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
And while the series peers into various factors that contributed to Aaron Hernandez’s undoing, the man himself remains a cipher: driven by desires, and pressured by his ascent from poor teen to rich celebrity at warp speed.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warp speed
Noun
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The feature will synchronize acceleration and deceleration with sound to simulate driving a manual car, which could increase one’s driving pleasure.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2025
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Honda also made sure that the electric motor retains its signature smooth acceleration and stopping feel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Zheng struck a defiant tone at the news conference, hailing China’s rapid development in microchips and AI large language models as well as industrial and humanoid robots.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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Listen: The Five Eyes have noticed Hanging over the rapid dissolution of these old relationships is the question of who would lead in the United States’ absence.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2025
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As application intelligence evolves, agents are processing this data at higher velocity, with a heightened level of fidelity and managing new types of multi-modal inputs like text, images, voice, and sensor data.—
Andrew Davidson,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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That was the velocity, in miles per hour, on 14 of Joe Boyle’s 20 fastballs.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In the killings of the deputies, Fielder waived his right to a speedy trial and numerous continuances have delayed the trial until this year.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2025
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Follows a speedy 12-year-old sloth named Laura whose odd sloth family is left homeless by a devastating storm.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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Add the egg whites: In the clean bowl of the electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the egg whites and cream of tartar on medium speed until soft peaks form, 4-5 minutes.—
Peter Burke,
Fox News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Focus on speed without sacrificing quality or impact.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In a swift response, the European Union also announced new duties on U.S. industrial and agricultural products.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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This agility is especially valuable in today’s economic climate, where challenges like supply chain disruptions and evolving consumer demands require swift action.—
Patrick Galleher,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The muscles around the knee tend to shut down and shrink with startling rapidity once all that inflammation builds up around a torn ACL.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Amazing, how the political parties can evolve — and with such rapidity.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
3 Feb. 2025
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Royal insiders, celerities, Hollywood stars and several of Diana’s closest friends will appear in interviews.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Electrons in solids tend to bump into atoms instead of moving uninterrupted, so being able to control them with such celerity was crucial for the team to carry out its Peter-Pan-and-his-shadow manipulation of the electron and the hole.—
Karmela Padavic-Callaghan,
Scientific American,
8 Dec. 2021
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“Warp speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warp%20speed. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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