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speedy

[spee-dee] / ˈspi di /


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Logistics operators’ efforts to automate more warehouses are accelerating as wages rise and consumer demand for speedy deliveries increases, the WSJ Logistics Report’s Liz Young writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

A BBC spokeswoman said: "We wish Brendan a full and speedy recovery and are working with him on plans for Mrs Brown's Boys in 2027."

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The next inning, Snell worked around a leadoff hit — a blooper into shallow right field that speedy Tyler Tolbert stretched into a double — and stolen base to strand Tolbert at third.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

And sloppy thinking does not help lead us to a speedy resolution of Social Security’s financial challenges.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Her fingers walk the tightropes of sentences; in her imagination, she walks the decks of the speedy two-funneled frigate called the Abraham Lincoln.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

And because they are smaller and speedier, they also pump less heat into your kitchen.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

When rookie left fielder Ryan Ward walked in the seventh inning, the speedier and more defensively sound Alex Call replaced him on the bases.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Amazon customers will have to pay more for speedier deliveries.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

Reardon, who is still using Facebook groups to help plan a big family vacation to Australia and relishes Facebook tips she has received on speedier immigration lines and packing light, had the last laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

Thus, tiny devices that can travel along capillaries to enter and repair living tissue; the ability to heal disease, reverse the ravages of age, or make human bodies speedier and stronger than before.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

In the first half, this pattern occurred but it was Kane making the run in behind and, for all of his quality, he is not the speediest.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

He stayed in front of even the speediest counterparts, hounding them with his active hands to swipe the ball or at the very least prevent them from making the easy pass.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2023

“Rapid Ruth,” as Ginsburg jokingly called herself, was the court’s speediest writer.

From Seattle Times Jan. 19, 2023

Companies will often choose the speediest delivery for you, but you can sometimes switch to slower delivery when you’re checking out.

From Washington Post Nov. 25, 2022

“I’m the twenty-fourth speediest typist in the class.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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