hasten
Example Sentences
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There are some signs that this latest fossil-fuel price shock could hasten that kind of destruction—most notably increases in EV sales in many markets as gasoline prices jumped.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
It will only hasten the very decline the movement fears.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2026
With lunch approaching in Sydney and Australia attempting to burgle some overs to hasten the second new ball, the hosts asked Marnus Labuschagne to bowl some of his very occasional medium-pace.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
The German government just approved a list of measures to cut red tape that should hasten deployment.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
It is I that must hasten away, and he that must remain.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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