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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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In one case, a potluck luncheon among co-workers was hastily canceled for fear it would be seen as a way to promote cultural diversity.
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Erika Edwards, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
The station had been hastily reopened in 2022 – with Vucic and Orban in attendance – ahead of an election held that year, before being closed for more works by a Chinese company and its subcontractors.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
According to that lawsuit, OPM has hastily been testing this new email system, potentially opening all government workers to harmful data breaches.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
These journalistic impulses appear compulsory and hastily satisfied; the earlier, eventless reality TV sheen seems a haven of human insight by comparison.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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Erika Edwards, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
The station had been hastily reopened in 2022 – with Vucic and Orban in attendance – ahead of an election held that year, before being closed for more works by a Chinese company and its subcontractors.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
According to that lawsuit, OPM has hastily been testing this new email system, potentially opening all government workers to harmful data breaches.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
These journalistic impulses appear compulsory and hastily satisfied; the earlier, eventless reality TV sheen seems a haven of human insight by comparison.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hastily. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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