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These systems are expanding the reach and capabilities of vessels at sea at lightning speed, upending existing definitions of aircraft carriers and making the ocean a vital testing ground for new technology.
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Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Of course, the risk is that as AI tools advance at lightning speed, so will the danger to human jobs.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
The center allows police to analyze video and other data, develop leads and then provide the most crucial information, at lightning speed, to detectives and officers who can put it to use on the street.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
In a series of photos that were ping-ponged across the internet at lightning speed in the wee hours of December 9, the lovebirds can be seen hamming it up for the cameras at the Los Angeles premiere of Chalamet’s new film, Marty Supreme.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Dec. 2025
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Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Of course, the risk is that as AI tools advance at lightning speed, so will the danger to human jobs.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
The center allows police to analyze video and other data, develop leads and then provide the most crucial information, at lightning speed, to detectives and officers who can put it to use on the street.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
In a series of photos that were ping-ponged across the internet at lightning speed in the wee hours of December 9, the lovebirds can be seen hamming it up for the cameras at the Los Angeles premiere of Chalamet’s new film, Marty Supreme.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Dec. 2025
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“At lightning speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20lightning%20speed. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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