impatient
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Amazon officials sometimes grew impatient with the slow pace of government bureaucracy: “Our project has faced multiple delays and is now delayed by over a year,” a company representative said in the spring of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
And yet again, an impatient, expectant electorate looks on.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Claudia Sahm, chief economist at New Century Advisors and a former Fed staffer, said she thought some central-bank officials were impatient and were ready to hike rates to bring inflation down.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Organizers needed 30 minutes to get things set back up and kept entry gates shut, prompting the impatient among the crowds to press forward on metal barricades.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 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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