swift
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Growth has been swift: In March, OpenAI said the ad program had reached $100 million in annualized revenue, which companies use to project a full year’s performance based on how something is currently performing.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
"All necessary preparations are being made for a swift response from rescue and health services," the TRNC's health ministry said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
He is now calling for the UK Government to take "swift action" to arrange an urgent consular visit and ensure the couple receive appropriate medical care.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Situational Awareness was one of the fastest-growing hedge funds in years before its swift unwind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The backlash against the gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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The first swifts have nested in boxes installed at a University of Cambridge college which is hoping to help stem the decline of the birds and a lack of natural nesting sites.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Several other college buildings also have boxes and at the North-West Cambridge development at Eddington, more than 200 bird boxes have been installed and a number of those are for swifts.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Others have raised environmental concerns over colonies of common swifts nesting in the park.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
"This is a structure that wasn't known to exist outside of hummingbirds, but our CT scans revealed that swifts have these vocal folds in the same position," Clarke said.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
Telkies, swifts, nymphs, greenys, stone- skins—all of them terrible to watch.
From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard
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Burger King has lately been drawing diners at a swifter rate than both McDonald’s MCD 0.21%increase; up pointing triangle and Wendy’s WEN -0.12%decrease; down pointing triangle , and its restaurant sales are growing faster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
As this technology developed, the photographs became more detailed and the animations swifter and smoother.
From Slate ● May 25, 2026
That led to a fundraising campaign raising money for charity - but with a shorter shelf life, the Orkney banana glut will require a swifter solution.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
O’Brien’s rise to Olympian in the two-person bobsled, the second-fastest sliding sport of the Winter Games, has been even swifter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
“Will I need my armor? We shall be swifter without it.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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They were 45 minutes from another early World Cup exit - their swiftest since 1966 - and national humiliation.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Miguel, posted the swiftest qualifying time, a wind-aided 10.27 — the fastest time in California this year — just minutes after Bakersfield sophomore Jalen Ford won his heat in a wind-aided 10.34.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2024
According to three of the commanders interviewed by The Times, the diplomatic route would be the swiftest way of returning the Israelis who remain in captivity.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
On the other hand, the swiftest efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions could limit the ice-free period to the month of September.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 7, 2023
Even the London General Post Office, which was the swiftest and most reliable postal service in the world, would be flummoxed by that address.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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