hastening

Example Sentences

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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

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 • Jan. 2, 2026

Sometimes these projects acquired construction materials by cannibalizing old monuments, thereby hastening the process of creating ruins.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann