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hastening

adjective as in hurrying

adjective as in racing

adjective as in rushing

noun as in acceleration

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Part of the job the Internet is doing coincides with and is contributing to hastening the decline of linear TV.

From Salon

This is exactly the sort of scenario that makes viral evolution more likely, hastening the day when H5N1 achieves the very few mutations required for it to transmit easily from human-to-human.

From Salon

People forced to flee their cars on Sunset Boulevard; sparks whipped by 80-mph winds igniting entire streets; firefighters hastening evacuations and confronting literal walls of flame; the smoking shells of homes and businesses.

England fell apart across the rest of the series, hastening an overhaul in personnel, but we'll always have the Heist of Hyderabad.

From BBC

But similar to Russia, Hezbollah has been weakened by conflict with Israel in Lebanon, likely hastening the downfall of the Syrian military.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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