hastily
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At a hastily arranged news conference in the Senedd, Cooper-Lesadd said her switch to Plaid followed "a period of reflection and deliberation" and that she had found "the right political home".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
An existing bill offering tax rebates on fiber-optic equipment was hastily rewritten to provide tax breaks on data center gear.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The dissolution of the republic is covered hastily; the clash between Caesar and Pompey gets three short sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
That’s when one was hastily put together, popping up with little to no detail about what it is or how it operates.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Marco pauses, looking down at the sketch, annoyed that he could not properly capture the beauty of the thing in hastily rendered drawings.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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