How to Use fast-forward in a Sentence

fast-forward

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  • The wedding, in my memory, is a fuzzy home movie on fast-forward.
    — Joan Niesen, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Now, set your time machine on fast-forward, to the mission era, the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The deal with Roche represents a fast-forward case study of just how lucrative that can be.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The action will then fast-forward to the flop, with the entire table entered with whatever hole cards they were dealt.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Each season, For All Mankind fast-forwards into the future, hurling its characters into the next decade.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Now fast-forward to the game’s final minute, and people holding certain betting tickets were sweating.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The trailer fast-forwards to years later, where Tashi is now Art’s tennis coach (and wife) ahead of a Challengers tennis tournament, where the two former best friends will have to face each other on the court.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2023
  • The video then fast-forwards to Cabello dancing to the song while wearing a blindfold and meeting up with Playboi Carti inside a bodega.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Concerned that users might want to pause a program to rewind, fast-forward, or even change settings on the service, executives opted to wait five seconds between the initial pause and the time a commercial appears on screen, Helfand says.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Being hyper-focused on what people are saying and trying hard not to break your attention might seem like a way to fast-forward a friendship and make meaningful connections.
    — Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023
  • But fast-forward nearly a decade: Californians are tossing more pounds of plastic bags than before the legislation was passed.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Five years is a long time, especially in a car industry permanently on fast-forward to meet looming bans on internal combustion.
    — WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The trailer fast-forwards to an upset Savage sitting at an interrogation before rapping and reminiscing about his youth: from being in class to breaking into homes to being jumped by his classmates.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Although Europeans have been a continuous presence in the Americas since the fifteenth century, most American history fast-forwards through the early centuries, treating the era before 1776 as prelude.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
  • But fast-forward to today, where leaders face a host of non-academic challenges—from disruptive technology to geopolitics to head-spinning budget processes—and the perception of university presidents has evolved dramatically.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The wedding, in my memory, is a fuzzy home movie on fast-forward.
    — Joan Niesen, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Now, set your time machine on fast-forward, to the mission era, the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The deal with Roche represents a fast-forward case study of just how lucrative that can be.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The action will then fast-forward to the flop, with the entire table entered with whatever hole cards they were dealt.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Each season, For All Mankind fast-forwards into the future, hurling its characters into the next decade.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Now fast-forward to the game’s final minute, and people holding certain betting tickets were sweating.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The trailer fast-forwards to years later, where Tashi is now Art’s tennis coach (and wife) ahead of a Challengers tennis tournament, where the two former best friends will have to face each other on the court.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2023
  • The video then fast-forwards to Cabello dancing to the song while wearing a blindfold and meeting up with Playboi Carti inside a bodega.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Concerned that users might want to pause a program to rewind, fast-forward, or even change settings on the service, executives opted to wait five seconds between the initial pause and the time a commercial appears on screen, Helfand says.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Being hyper-focused on what people are saying and trying hard not to break your attention might seem like a way to fast-forward a friendship and make meaningful connections.
    — Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023
  • But fast-forward nearly a decade: Californians are tossing more pounds of plastic bags than before the legislation was passed.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Five years is a long time, especially in a car industry permanently on fast-forward to meet looming bans on internal combustion.
    — WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The trailer fast-forwards to an upset Savage sitting at an interrogation before rapping and reminiscing about his youth: from being in class to breaking into homes to being jumped by his classmates.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Although Europeans have been a continuous presence in the Americas since the fifteenth century, most American history fast-forwards through the early centuries, treating the era before 1776 as prelude.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
  • But fast-forward to today, where leaders face a host of non-academic challenges—from disruptive technology to geopolitics to head-spinning budget processes—and the perception of university presidents has evolved dramatically.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024

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