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hasten

[hey-suhn] / ˈheɪ sən /


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He believes it will take three to fours years before the vegetation recovers, adding: "It will be a long, long road and there is not a lot we can do hasten that recovery."

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

A team of strategists at Deutsche Bank outlined 10 factors that, according to them, helped hasten the U.S.’s rise to a preeminent global power from a small country at the time of its founding.

From MarketWatch Jun. 28, 2026

Lestat is slightly bored with existing yet curious to see whether his music, primarily plied on the Internet, can reach enough undead followers to hasten the vampire apocalypse known as The Great Conversion.

From Salon Jun. 13, 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

I would hasten to add that she was a very serious-looking owl, but I’m not sure if owls come in any other variety.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Her confidante immediately hastens off to write “The Tears of the Comet,” an allegorical tale that decorously recasts certain incidents from his stay.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

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

Professor Francl hastens to say she doesn’t dump a shakerful in every cup.

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2024

Spraying frequently destroys this protective vegetation and creates open, barren areas which the ragweed hastens to fill.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

I hastened my step to my car, not dawdling for a second to check messages once planted in the driver’s seat.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

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

These actions undermined the slaveholders’ power, destabilized systems of slavery and, in some cases, hastened the enactment of emancipatory laws.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

Cummins was in danger of missing the series because of a back injury but hastened his rehabilitation to return in Adelaide.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2025

I hastened after Falconer, not wishing to be left behind, but the player took hold of the sleeve of my tunic.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

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

As developments in the Middle East remained in focus over the weekend, President Donald Trump quietly signed a directive hastening the review of certain psychedelic drugs.

From Barron's Apr. 20, 2026

Yet prices remain on track for their largest yearly loss since the pandemic, due in part to major oil producers hastening their plans to boost production.

From MarketWatch Nov. 28, 2025

Some were moving faster now, hastening across the battleground.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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