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the hastily put together report contained a lot of errors
the congresswoman hastily made her way towards the waiting elevator
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That isn’t to say that resources are used hastily or wastefully at larger companies, but the resources do exist.
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Kathleen Hurley, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
As police urged crowds to let cars pass and owners hastily adjusted costumes, onlookers spilled past metal barricades and joined the actual parade about an hour after the procession began.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Some towns, including Lodi in San Joaquin County, are reconsidering bans hastily instituted years ago.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
If, for example, there is pressure to move more and more patients through a clinic, the incentive could be to do things—such as measure blood pressure—more and more hastily.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Kathleen Hurley, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
As police urged crowds to let cars pass and owners hastily adjusted costumes, onlookers spilled past metal barricades and joined the actual parade about an hour after the procession began.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Some towns, including Lodi in San Joaquin County, are reconsidering bans hastily instituted years ago.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
If, for example, there is pressure to move more and more patients through a clinic, the incentive could be to do things—such as measure blood pressure—more and more hastily.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for hastily
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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hastily. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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