speeding up

Example Sentences

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In the days and weeks that followed, city and police officials continued to pepper the bureau about speeding up the approval process.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Measurements suggested the giant planet's rotation rate was changing over time, as if Saturn were somehow speeding up or slowing down.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Tedros said the WHO was pouring money, medical supplies and staff into the DRC to support the authorities and speeding up clinical trials on potential treatments.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Much of the AI payoff for drugmakers so far has been streamlining back-office tasks or speeding up manufacturing rather than making groundbreaking drug research advances.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling