Thesaurus / rapid
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This is a rapid rise water that rushes onshore, sweeping away trees, cars and almost anything else in its path.
SOGGY COASTAL SOILS? HERE’S WHY ECOLOGISTS LOVE THEMALISON PEARCE STEVENSSEPTEMBER 17, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSA worried friend drove her to the emergency room to get checked out for a rapid heartbeat.
THE WOMAN PROPOSITIONED BY ALASKA’S FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TELLS HER STORY FOR THE FIRST TIMEBY KYLE HOPKINS AND MICHELLE THERIAULT BOOTS, ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWSSEPTEMBER 10, 2020PROPUBLICAVaccine development, rapid testing, and widely available protective gear all have important roles to play in saving lives and getting the economy back on its feet.
TIMES OF STRIFE CAN LEAD TO MEDICAL INNOVATION—WHEN GOVERNMENTS ARE WILLINGBY JEFFREY CLEMENS/THE CONVERSATIONSEPTEMBER 9, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe six-part series starts in Manchester, England in 2019 and follows the Deacon family over the next 15 years as Britain is rocked by a period of rapid technological, political and economic changes.
FROM THE VAULTS: THE OPPOSITE OF BINGE-WATCHINGBRIAN T. CARNEYSEPTEMBER 4, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEYou can also reach Broad Ripple by the new Red Line rapid transit bus line.
ESCAPE TO INDY FOR A WEEKEND GETAWAYBILL MALCOLMSEPTEMBER 4, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEBetween these and other companies, there is rapid progress being made.
HOW A NEW SOLAR AND LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY COULD PROPEL A RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONSAM STRANKSSEPTEMBER 3, 2020SINGULARITY HUB For instance, a rapid response “antigen test,” which may return results on-site within a half hour, will be a more useful piece of information than a test that takes three days to return.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO FIND OUT IF YOU’VE BEEN EXPOSED TO CORONAVIRUS?SY MUKHERJEEAUGUST 31, 2020FORTUNEQuidel’s test cartridges cost $23 apiece and the other RADx-funded rapid tests are likely in a similar price range.
NEW CORONAVIRUS TESTS PROMISE TO BE FASTER, CHEAPER AND EASIERJACK J. LEEAUGUST 31, 2020SCIENCE NEWSWe’ll develop and deploy rapid tests with results available immediately.
BIDEN FAULTS TRUMP FOR MISMANAGING CORONAVIRUS IN CONVENTION SPEECHCHRIS JOHNSONAUGUST 21, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEIt’s a rapid response test, meaning that results can be delivered in just hours.
WHAT MAKES THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS TESTING PROCESS, DEVELOPED BY YALE, SO PROMISINGSY MUKHERJEEAUGUST 18, 2020FORTUNEWORDS RELATED TO RAPID
- PDQ
- abrupt
- agile
- brash
- breakneck
- brief
- brisk
- careless
- cursory
- eager
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- foolhardy
- harefooted
- headlong
- heedless
- hurried
- ill-advised
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- incautious
- inconsiderate
- madcap
- on the double
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- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
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- twinkle toes
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- gone off half-cocked
- harum-scarum
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- jump the gun
- madcap
- off the hip
- off the top of head
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- violent
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- without warning
- abrupt
- breakneck
- brief
- frantic
- gone off half-cocked
- harum-scarum
- hasty
- headlong
- heedless
- hurried
- ill-advised
- impatient
- impetuous
- indiscreet
- jump the gun
- madcap
- off the hip
- off the top of head
- plunging
- precipitant
- quick
- rapid
- rash
- reckless
- refractory
- rushing
- subitaneous
- swift
- unanticipated
- uncontrolled
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- violent
- willful
- without warning
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