the rapidity with which she can do mental math calculations is amazing
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Trump has hit multiple records for his first 100 days in office, but the rapidity of his actions also highlights the fragility of relying on presidential action to cement core policies.—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025 Attitudes have fluctuated from negative to positive, and then from positive to negative with exhausting rapidity.—Andrey Kurkov, Time, 15 May 2025 This is a very much different thing than COVID in terms of rap -- rapidity and speed and other things.—Abc News, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025 Given the relative rapidity of the deals, more will be in the offing.—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rapidity
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borrowed from French & Latin; French rapidité, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin rapiditāt-, rapiditās, from rapidus "flowing violently, rapid entry 1" + -itāt-, -itās-ity
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