hasten
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It will only hasten the very decline the movement fears.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 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
The German government just approved a list of measures to cut red tape that should hasten deployment.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
Polls suggest that about 54% of Ukrainians support some form of land compromise in order to hasten the end of the war, but only with security guarantees from Ukraine's international partners.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025
Halley later claimed that he had only been tactful to Hevelius’s face, not wanting to hasten, the death of ‘an old peevish Gentleman’.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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