- present participle of speed.
speeding
Example Sentences
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As Bergstrom was driving home after the marathon, he was pulled over for speeding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
The bill also exempts certain projects from a set of environmental regulations, a step aimed at speeding up the review and construction process.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
WASHINGTON—President Trump accelerated his efforts to boost the burgeoning quantum-computing industry, signing a pair of executive orders aimed at speeding the development of advanced quantum computers and mitigating the security threats they present.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
He was given the penalty for pit-lane speeding - by just 0.1km/h - before a safety-car period caused by a crash for Aston Martin's Lance Stroll.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
Sound from a source speeding toward a listener would become compressed and register at a higher pitch, while sound speeding away would be heard with a drop in its pitch.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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