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
MacKinnon’s swiftness on the ice has led to an accelerated pace through the record books.
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Pat Graham, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2025
The swiftness with which the market changed their stripes caught us unawares and big gains weren’t taken.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
The swiftness with which Singh manages to portray all the sides of poet Kalash is commendable and the actor is being praised widely for his performance.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The swiftness of the creation of COVID-19 vaccines was a result of private sector innovation — combined with a massive infusion of taxpayer dollars, of course — and shows what is possible when companies are motivated and regulation is removed.
—Mary Anna Mancuso, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
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Pat Graham, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2025
The swiftness with which the market changed their stripes caught us unawares and big gains weren’t taken.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
The swiftness with which Singh manages to portray all the sides of poet Kalash is commendable and the actor is being praised widely for his performance.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The swiftness of the creation of COVID-19 vaccines was a result of private sector innovation — combined with a massive infusion of taxpayer dollars, of course — and shows what is possible when companies are motivated and regulation is removed.
—Mary Anna Mancuso, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swiftness
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
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
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“Swiftness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swiftness. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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