rapidity
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In this franchise, the rapidity of change runs parallel to the infestation of anger.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2025
The rapidity of space exploration is now “outpacing our laws”, he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2024
"Its simplicity and rapidity make it particularly well-suited for studying metabolic changes."
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
Meditation suggests it might be possible, but the rapidity with which our internal terrain changes makes the possibility of any definitive guide all but impossible.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
The worn-out past was sunk in the freshness of what was coming; and in the rapidity of half a moment’s thought, she hoped Mr. Elton would now be talked of no more.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Tiny spiderlike shells with outboard motors swarmed everywhere boasting varied, astonishing rapidities over 30 m. p. h.
From Time Magazine Archive
Different kinds of apples brown with different rapidities, and the browning always begins at the core.
From Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Morrison, Arthur
I merely look on at the rapidities of change with unalloyed interest.
From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
He hadn't even to dot his i's beyond the remark that on the very face of it, she would remember, their wonderful system attached no premium to rapidities of transition.
From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by James, Henry
Between these numbers are those of different rapidities, which affect the eye—as orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, in an almost infinite number of shades—according to the sensitiveness of the eye.
From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White
