rapid

Example Sentences

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Anthropic’s rapid ascent appears to be shaking up the artificial-intelligence leaderboard.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“With immigration declining and fewer people entering, we have aged our workforce in a more rapid way,” said Laura Ullrich, an economist at the job-search site Indeed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

On this night, the mercenaries prevailed, in a pummeling so relentless and a silencing so rapid that a three-peat appeared all but inevitable: Dodgers 14, Blue Jays 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

But it is the rapid rise of Perez-Oliva, 55, that has fueled speculation about a possible leadership shuffle.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The crisis was perilous; but not without its charm: such as the Indian, perhaps, feels when he slips over the rapid in his canoe.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë