hasten
Example Sentences
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This hastened Hollywood Heritage’s effort to secure monument status and preserve the 1905 home.
From Los Angeles Times
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
Label it whatever you wish, but the science is sound on this subject — and it is obvious that, by denying science, we’ve taken a pronounced step backward and are hastening our own demise.
From Salon
Cummins was in danger of missing the series because of a back injury but hastened his rehabilitation to return in Adelaide.
From BBC
Natural gas from shale hastened the demise of coal, and China’s solar manufacturing build-out slashed the cost of panels.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
