hasten

Example Sentences

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His mission: to use a free press to shine a spotlight on government abuses and hasten the end of communism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

The German government just approved a list of measures to cut red tape that should hasten deployment.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

Will it hasten departure of President Nicolas Maduro?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

It was rumored that he was as skilled now as the Rehabilitation Directors themselves, and that he had even developed some machines and methods to hasten rehabilitation.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry