impatient
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"The capital is impatient, and it will move where it thinks they can get the most sure and fastest return."
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Fresh from the oven, a biscuit is a creature of immediate gratification — meant to be split open with impatient fingers and painted with melting butter.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026
Wall Street was growing impatient and needed to see what Apple has been working on behind the scenes, especially as fellow tech giants push out their own AI capabilities.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Investors are growing impatient with inflation that looks unlikely to be tamed on its own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
In the brooding silence I heard Nathan shift his position again, and I thought, Naturally he is impatient; he has good cause.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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