1
as in flowing
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
we breezed through the line for customs at the airport
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as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly
the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency
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Recent Examples of breezing
Detmers was breezing at that point, retiring all nine Royals hitters in the first three innings, on just 41 pitches.
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Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026
Texas Instruments helped limit Wall Street’s losses after breezing past analysts’ expectations for profit in the latest quarter.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
But Texas Instruments helped offset those losses after breezing past analysts’ expectations for profit in the latest quarter.
—Stan Choe, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Even more than the other chill night-shift doctors, Crus is cool as a cucumber, breezing through patient interactions with a reassuring smile.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
The memory foam insole is a dream for long travel days, and the slip-on design makes breezing through TSA feel almost luxurious.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
After breezing through the first two innings, Webb gave up three runs in the third and fourth and needed 56 pitches to get through them.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
At the time, most English clubs were breezing through their European matches, with five finishing in the top eight of the league phase of the Champions League and a record nine then making it through to the knockout stages of the three European competitions.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Meadow received the ball at the perimeter before breezing past his man and throwing it down.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025
Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026
Texas Instruments helped limit Wall Street’s losses after breezing past analysts’ expectations for profit in the latest quarter.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
But Texas Instruments helped offset those losses after breezing past analysts’ expectations for profit in the latest quarter.
—Stan Choe, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Even more than the other chill night-shift doctors, Crus is cool as a cucumber, breezing through patient interactions with a reassuring smile.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
The memory foam insole is a dream for long travel days, and the slip-on design makes breezing through TSA feel almost luxurious.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
After breezing through the first two innings, Webb gave up three runs in the third and fourth and needed 56 pitches to get through them.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
At the time, most English clubs were breezing through their European matches, with five finishing in the top eight of the league phase of the Champions League and a record nine then making it through to the knockout stages of the three European competitions.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Meadow received the ball at the perimeter before breezing past his man and throwing it down.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breezing
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The amphitheater’s Morton Salt birthright has creative juices flowing.—
Lisa Gutierrez
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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More than 85% of the oil and natural gas flowing through the Strait of Hormuz goes to Asia, and many nations there have had to issue emergency energy rationing mandates.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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The United Arab Emirates is speeding up the completion of a new pipeline that will allow the Gulf federation to export more oil without routing it through the Strait of Hormuz.—
Sheikh Saaliq,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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Mamdani intends to cut the median time for approvals from 210 to to 100 days via a mix of simplifying income verification, speeding up the process for lottery winners to be selected, and streamlining the applications, among other things.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
Verb
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After cruising to a 12-5 record with an NFC Championship Game appearance in 2024, the Commanders fell apart, physically and otherwise, in 2025.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Sheehan was cruising along in the fifth inning, having allowed just one hit – a bloop single – in the first four.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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Set over the course of eight years (including the lockdown period during COVID), Herry’s film unfolds fluidly, neither hurrying scenes up unnecessarily, nor lingering too long on any incident.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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No point hurrying toward a resolution that was always receding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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In another image, Brown was photographed floating underwater in a pool, her dark hair drifting across the bright blue water as sunlight reflected across the surface.—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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The same report notes that Hilton publicly disputes Becerra’s assertion of front-runner status by citing polls indicating a tight race, underscoring that the campaigns are aggressively contesting the narrative rather than drifting in ambiguity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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Dayanara Deschamps Betances was zipping northbound on her e-bike, with a 75-year-old passenger seated behind her, in the right lane of Amsterdam Ave.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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The Artemis 2 astronauts remained vigilant while zipping around the far side of the moon last month, on the ready to record meteoroid impact flashes on the lunar landscape.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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Thank you to my fellow globe-trotting futurist Natalie Monbiot for the press pass.—
Jesse Kirshbaum,
SPIN,
15 May 2026
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The apparent conflict highlights the ambiguous rules around recall status and its relevance in a trial that’s been peppered with globe-trotting billionaires.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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Achane was the Dolphins’ lone Pro Bowl player in 2025, rushing for 1,350 yards, which is third-most in Dolphins history behind Ricky Williams’ 2002 and 2003 seasons.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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UpToDate is now rushing to implement its own AI tool, called Expert AI.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Breezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breezing. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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