quickened
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Logan said the count this election also may have been quickened slightly by more voters returning their ballots earlier in the process and voting in person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
He soon saw less resistance to adoption, he said, and the pace of change quickened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
PCE inflation, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure, quickened to 3.5% in March, the highest in nearly three years.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
Although his speech set a record for length, these moments quickened the pace of the evening and fit with the president's larger theme of American patriotism and accomplishment.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
As the towns erupted into being, quickened by the relentless American thirst, the black farm was there as a natural feature of the landscape, a mountain or a creek.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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