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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

Wodele added: “I think coming out of the wrestling environment and celerity, a lot of people misjudged him in terms of his intellect. He was underestimated in terms of his ability to understand and reason.”

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2021

“A revision made in response to an entry’s increased attention differs only in celerity — as always, all revisions reflect evidence of use.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2020

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

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020

He ejected them with celerity, and his servants watched with some satisfaction as these lords of the leaf stalked back out to their chaises, disappointed in their designs.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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