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hasten

[hey-suhn] / ˈheɪ sən /


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That doesn’t mean the market won’t crash, I hasten to add.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

To hasten production, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the agency was exploring innovations to improve sterile fly production efficiency, including offering $100 million in grants to private-sector partners.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

If the U.S. government gets early access to the most advanced models, this could hasten the trend.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

But, while Fernandes and Lewis-Skelly are different types of midfielders, the latter's emergence may hasten a change in approach.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

We must hasten back on the wings of prose to the factory and its folk, who prompted my rather lengthy digression.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Willow, pregnant and officially on maternity leave, hastens to assist him in sifting through suspects.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

Many, even most divorced men are not like this, he hastens to add.

From Salon Jul. 16, 2024

Though the initial responses in preclinical tumor models to the inhibitor were impressive, Olive hastens to point out that the tumors were not eliminated.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2024

Ms Kaechele says she is amused - but not surprised - by the men who are genuinely upset, though she hastens to add that Mr Lau has been pleasant and impressive.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2024

Mother hastens upstairs to help the busy little housewife, and I tidy up both the bathroom and myself at the same time.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.

From Barron's Apr. 28, 2026

That sparked a national outcry and hastened the end of the lockout.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

She had also had a cryptococcus infection - which is often linked to pigeon droppings - which her family believe hastened her decline and may have limited her treatment options.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

Ravel’s death in 1937 was hastened by a rare form of dementia that robbed him of the ability to compose.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Upon reading the letter and the poem, he crowed with pleasure and, forgetting me, hastened to find the king.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

“If I were an investigator, I would look for a pattern of trades in markets like Kalshi and Polymarket,” Levitt said, hastening to add that there is no evidence of that at the moment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

However, repealing the earnings test would likely lead to more people claiming Social Security early, hastening the system’s impending insolvency.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

In the letter, Carr also warned that the FCC would be monitoring Disney’s affiliate-station negotiations and agreements; with this week’s early request, he appears to be hastening that scrutinizing process.

From Slate Apr. 29, 2026

Officials have indicated it would take some time before the economic impact of the war can be judged, and that hastening to make a call would be a mistake.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

One eye smiling at me, the other at the door, his vast stomach hastening ahead of him.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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