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[hay-suhn] / ˈheɪ sən /


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And it could hasten those calling for reform of Parliament's second chamber.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

A team of strategists at Deutsche Bank outlined 10 factors that, according to them, helped hasten the U.S.’s rise to a preeminent global power from a small country at the time of its founding.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026

Lestat is slightly bored with existing yet curious to see whether his music, primarily plied on the Internet, can reach enough undead followers to hasten the vampire apocalypse known as The Great Conversion.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

The military pressure would only increase until Iran ceded to the president’s terms, threat designed to hasten an agreement, the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Instead, they would pause briefly to murmur a few words to each other and then hasten onward.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

Her confidante immediately hastens off to write “The Tears of the Comet,” an allegorical tale that decorously recasts certain incidents from his stay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Many, even most divorced men are not like this, he hastens to add.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2024

Though the initial responses in preclinical tumor models to the inhibitor were impressive, Olive hastens to point out that the tumors were not eliminated.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

Professor Francl hastens to say she doesn’t dump a shakerful in every cup.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Spraying frequently destroys this protective vegetation and creates open, barren areas which the ragweed hastens to fill.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

I hastened my step to my car, not dawdling for a second to check messages once planted in the driver’s seat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Those plans had already been in the works, but when Messi signed with Inter Miami, they were hastened, said Leandro Petersen, the AFA’s chief commercial and marketing officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Cummins was in danger of missing the series because of a back injury but hastened his rehabilitation to return in Adelaide.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

And even as they hastened on their way the wind brought a grey rain, and all the fires sank, and there arose a great smoke before them.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The worsening security backdrop is hastening a Japanese defense buildup championed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

However, repealing the earnings test would likely lead to more people claiming Social Security early, hastening the system’s impending insolvency.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

In the letter, Carr also warned that the FCC would be monitoring Disney’s affiliate-station negotiations and agreements; with this week’s early request, he appears to be hastening that scrutinizing process.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026

As developments in the Middle East remained in focus over the weekend, President Donald Trump quietly signed a directive hastening the review of certain psychedelic drugs.

From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026

“The whole program was intensely difficult,” said Dr. Cooper, hastening to agree.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman


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