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Recent Examples of 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
What Sun in Virgo Square Jupiter in Gemini Means for Your Zodiac Sign
Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
Life is moving at warp speed, Libra!
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024
Its general aura just smoothed out at warp speeds, like that part in the opening credits of Star Trek where the spaceship hangs for a moment and then disappears into deep space.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 9 Sep. 2024
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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
What Sun in Virgo Square Jupiter in Gemini Means for Your Zodiac Sign
Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
Life is moving at warp speed, Libra!
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024
Its general aura just smoothed out at warp speeds, like that part in the opening credits of Star Trek where the spaceship hangs for a moment and then disappears into deep space.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warp speed
Noun
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This is true for both the forces and the acceleration.—
Rhett Allain,
WIRED,
24 Jan. 2025
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Consumers may still go for an EV, considering their many benefits, including smoother handling, fast acceleration, quiet cabin noise, and lack of dirty exhaust.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The disease comes in two main forms: dry (more common) and wet, which is when abnormal blood vessels grow under the macula and can cause more rapid vision loss.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
29 Jan. 2025
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Which Other Nations Are Affected by the Recall? Health agencies in Denmark, Portugal, and Romania were alerted by the EU's rapid alert system, which flagged the potential risk of chlorate contamination.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Defensive backs struggled to judge his easy velocity.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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If the velocity is much lower than the speed of light, then the energy is approximately: That 1/2mv2 might look familiar.—
Rhett Allain,
WIRED,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Michaelson said the speedier commutes are due, in part, to fewer drivers, but also because drivers are choosing a wider range of times to enter the city.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Keep scrolling to see more of the brand’s best-sellers that are now available with speedy Prime shipping.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Boom Supersonic hit a milestone yesterday when its XB-1 experimental jet passed Mach 1.0, the speed of sound, on its way to Mach 1.122 or 860.87 mph.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2025
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The speed and mass of YR4 are subject to change as the asteroid travels through space.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Business uncertainty The corporate reaction was swift and fierce, as Trade Partnership Worldwide predicted the tariffs would add $700 million a day to US companies’ tax burdens.—
David Goldman,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, drawing swift retaliation and an undeniable sense of betrayal from the country’s North American neighbors as a trade war erupted among the longtime allies.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Feb. 2025
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Photos, news, tips on where to evacuate, hotel discount codes and pet policies were being posted with increasing rapidity as the fires spread.—
Finn-Olaf Jones,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Whereafter, with jaw-dropping rapidity, Predonzani and his work sank into oblivion.—
Dino Buzzati,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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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 7 Feb. 2025.
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