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hasten

[hey-suhn] / ˈheɪ sən /


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Companies like GenScriptBiotech are using AI to hasten research and development and cut project timelines.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Fusion engineers will use this “digital twin” to run simulations, ultimately to hasten the goal of producing fusion energy at a commercial scale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 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

“No, in truth, I am thinking how much this convent is like a prince’s court,” I say, then hasten to add, “A place I have read about in books.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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