as in velocity
a high rate of movement or performance
the rapidity with which she can do mental math calculations is amazing
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Recent Examples of rapidity
Attitudes have fluctuated from negative to positive, and then from positive to negative with exhausting rapidity.
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Andrey Kurkov, Time, 15 May 2025
This is a very much different thing than COVID in terms of rap -- rapidity and speed and other things.
—Abc News, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Given the relative rapidity of the deals, more will be in the offing.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
Each user prompt on Ocean includes a live speed test indicator, giving a transparent view of our system’s rapidity.
—Tor Constantino, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Andrey Kurkov, Time, 15 May 2025
This is a very much different thing than COVID in terms of rap -- rapidity and speed and other things.
—Abc News, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Given the relative rapidity of the deals, more will be in the offing.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
Each user prompt on Ocean includes a live speed test indicator, giving a transparent view of our system’s rapidity.
—Tor Constantino, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rapidity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapidity
Noun
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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
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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Pairing this decision with clear, continuous communication to the customer around how the situation is being approached and how they will be kept up to speed is key to the overall successful management of the chaos.—
Laurie Waligurski,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Rapidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapidity. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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