rapid
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Lineague lawyers say Altus approved replacement rapid shutdown devices that had connectors that were incompatible with the connectors for the solar panels, and Pearce used jumpers between the connectors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The rapid adoption of the Facebook parent’s Muse app reignited fears that AI will disrupt the financial-services industry, contributing to a selloff Tuesday in shares of wealth-management firms, brokerage houses and even big banks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The question is whether the slow pace of diplomacy can keep up with AI’s rapid development.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Nasdaq Composite Index’s rapid rally to record highs may scare off some new investors who would prefer to wait for a pullback to start buying.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
There were rapid footsteps on the stairs, followed by a loud banging at the door and a delirious burst of Italian.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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That sort of thing came to the Roman Empire slowly, in the course of lifetimes, but nowadays we lived in a rapider world—with flimsier institutions.
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
To overwrought nerves as were hers, the announcement was rapider in its effect than a microbe.
From Eden An Episode by Edgar Saltus
In the shallow streamlet of her lowly life the waters might have glided on, slow but smoothly, had he not taught them to be ambitious of a rapider, grander course.
From The American Senator by Anthony Trollope
“The ’80s in Korea was when we had the rapidest growth ever,” says Lee.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022
Did you ever notice that when things are going at the very rapidest rate possible, they seem to be standing perfectly still?
From Dreamland by Julie Mathilde Lippmann
Falling from the summit of St. Peter's, it strikes the earth at the rate of 300 miles an hour, or five times quicker than the rapidest express train.
From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth
When she and Raoul had talked together in rapidest French, Ursule like an old queen waved them graciously within.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
One of the rapidest and most furious Sieges anywhere on record.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
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