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[rap-id] / ˈræp ɪd /


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But even excluding food, energy and trade-services categories, wholesale prices were up by 0.8%, a rapid one-month increase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But it’s also true that the last three years have coincided with a period of rapid test score rises in L.A. schools under the administration of Supt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The 90-minute cut—or 78 minutes not counting commercials—reduced the excruciating War in the Pacific to rapid moments of triumph.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“Starship is…going to revolutionize space, really. It’s the first rocket design that is capable of full and rapid reusability,” Musk said in a video posted this week.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Penelope’s feelings spun in such rapid succession she could not even name them; it was like a pinwheel of emotions whirling inside her, faster and faster, until each blended into the next.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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