1
as in speed
a high rate of movement or performance
made haste to get there on time
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2
as in hustle
excited and often showy or disorderly speed
haste makes waste in her haste, she forgot her keys
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Recent Examples of haste
Acquiring the volume of material and the haste to install it complicate the purchase of the isolation pads.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
Vic rolls down Junior’s window to greet her with about as much haste.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
The concern is that Tesla's haste to move on to the next phase of their experiment might prompt the company to be reckless.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Grounded by arresting performances by an elite cast and tied up in an aggressively perky bow by its excellent scripts, the spellbinding series begs to be devoured with haste.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
Vic rolls down Junior’s window to greet her with about as much haste.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
The concern is that Tesla's haste to move on to the next phase of their experiment might prompt the company to be reckless.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Grounded by arresting performances by an elite cast and tied up in an aggressively perky bow by its excellent scripts, the spellbinding series begs to be devoured with haste.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haste
Noun
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The corridor has almost 18,000 vehicles travel through it on average daily, with an average speed of 30.6 miles per hour, according to city data.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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Due to the risk of battery fires, Google said that devices with more than 400 charge cycles could see their capacity and charging speed drastically reduced.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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The city’s once iconic hustle is soon to be suffocated by a dangerous ideology prioritizing government control over opportunity.—
Mike Dunleavy,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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After entering the game 0 for 8 in the series and looking visibly frustrated in the process, Crow-Armstrong snapped out of his mini slump by going 3 for 4 with a pair of home runs, a trio of runs batted in and a hustle double for good measure.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
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Too many teams confuse velocity with fragility, pushing features quickly, then burning time fixing avoidable outages.—
Kevin Meyer,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The veteran left-hander’s weight and ERA were way up, and the velocity of his fastball was way down, a combination that was obvious to anyone who watched Quijada, a key component of the team’s bullpen in 2022, give up 11 runs in 7⅓ innings of eight spring-training games for a 13.50 ERA.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
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Almost as amazing has been the rush of concrete data on the Tonkawa Tribe that inhabited this area before the arrival of outsiders.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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That’s what causes a rush to find quick, easy answers, causing people to hurry towards quick decisions, sometimes haphazardly.—
Amy Shoenthal,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Chicken in a hurry is a quick and easy chicken dinner recipe that requires very little prep work and calls for only pantry staple ingredients, including peanut butter, hot pepper jelly, and soy sauce.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
26 July 2025
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After being charted by Pro Football Focus for three tackles and two quarterback hurries during his initial preseason, Olajiga was waived by the Rams at the league’s cutdown to 53 players last August.—
Oliver Thomas,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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Chance of precipitation is 40%. Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
24 July 2025
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Between 2017 and 2024, the number of days with at least 2 inches of precipitation was 6% higher than the 1986-2016 average and 37% higher than what scientists refer to as the baseline period of 1901-1960.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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“Haste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haste. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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