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celerity

[suh-ler-i-tee] / səˈlɛr ɪ ti /


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And if meat must be produced ever more quickly, surely it should also be consumed with maximum celerity?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The desert reduces its victims with barbarous celerity, and few of them are identifiable by outward appearance.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020

The officer reacted with celerity, producing, seemingly out of nowhere, a tube that he deposited in his master’s hand.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2018

It is time for her and the state of West Virginia to get on with it - celerity and all.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2017

All praised him for his celerity in sickening.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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