rapid

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The findings support the idea that REM sleep, the rapid eye movement stage of sleep when vivid and sometimes lucid dreams occur, may be especially helpful for creative problem solving.

From Science Daily

While new social housing is being built, is there enough of it and other public services to sustain rapid increases in population?

From BBC

"Many types of cells undergo this rapid switch from low to high energy states, and sperm are an ideal way to study such metabolic reprogramming," Balbach said.

From Science Daily

The Italians, undeterred by anything Ireland threw at them, continued to stretch the home defence with rapid, heads-up rugby.

From BBC

“Yet what we see playing out in corporate development and technology-related circles is something very distinctly different than anything we have seen in such rapid fashion in the past.”

From MarketWatch