as in speed
a high rate of movement or performance
with amazing swiftness, the airline agent got our ticket changed, and we boarded the plane just as it was about to leave
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Recent Examples of swiftness
However, college basketball has never featured a greater disparity between the haves and the have-nots, largely due to the transfer portal, which allows powerhouses like Florida to snatch mid-major stars with such swiftness that the sport has yet to take preventative action.
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Noah White,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
The swiftness with which the girl and Statham bond is quite sudden.
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Mark Kennedy,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
Lee, working with a script by Alan Fox, spins out the multiple threads of action with startling swiftness and characteristically rapid-fire, confrontational dialogue.
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Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
Another distinctive characteristic of the Mormon Wives rollout is the swiftness in which new seasons drop.
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Mckinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Nov. 2025
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Noah White,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
The swiftness with which the girl and Statham bond is quite sudden.
—
Mark Kennedy,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
Lee, working with a script by Alan Fox, spins out the multiple threads of action with startling swiftness and characteristically rapid-fire, confrontational dialogue.
—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
Another distinctive characteristic of the Mormon Wives rollout is the swiftness in which new seasons drop.
—
Mckinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swiftness
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The Beltline allows only Class 1 or 2 e-bikes and speeds of only up to 15 mph.
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Pfendler appears to have broken both the previous women's speed record as well as the men's speed record, according to records maintained by Ocean Rowing Society International, which adjudicates ocean-rowing achievements for Guinness World Records.
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Your sentences have great velocity.
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The asteroid could, for example, be a contact binary, according to Michel, in which two separate bodies came together at low velocities.
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“Swiftness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swiftness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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